#DBC962#DBC962

#DBC962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC962
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 55.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -6.56, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 53.35, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0208 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3065, 57.7173, 19.9382)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC962 #6274DB

analogous

#DB8C62 #DBC962 #B1DB62

triadic

#DBC962 #62DBC9 #C962DB

tetradic

#DBC962 #62DB8C #6274DB #DB62B1

square

#DBC962 #62DB8C #6274DB #DB62B1

split-complementary

#DBC962 #62B1DB #8C62DB

monochromatic

#9E8C24 #D0B830 #DBC962 #E6DA94 #F2EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DBC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC962

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC962	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d992',
    500: '#dbc962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc962;
$custom-light: #e9d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83036,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC962

secondary

#3F4EA2

accent

#35CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC962

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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