#DBC963#DBC963

#DBC963 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 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC963
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 54.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -6.48, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 52.89, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0205 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3540, 57.7363, 20.1884)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC963 #6375DB

analogous

#DB8D63 #DBC963 #B1DB63

triadic

#DBC963 #63DBC9 #C963DB

tetradic

#DBC963 #63DB8D #6375DB #DB63B1

square

#DBC963 #63DB8D #6375DB #DB63B1

split-complementary

#DBC963 #63B1DB #8D63DB

monochromatic

#9F8D25 #D0B831 #DBC963 #E6DA95 #F2EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBC963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DBC963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC963

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC963	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d992',
    500: '#dbc963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc963;
$custom-light: #e9d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83047,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC963

secondary

#404EA3

accent

#36CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC963

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

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