#DBCB56#DBCB56

#DBCB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCB56
RGB	rgb(219, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -8.45, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 59.43, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0276 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2511, 58.4459, 17.3312)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCB56 #5666DB

analogous

#DB8956 #DBCB56 #A9DB56

triadic

#DBCB56 #56DBCB #CB56DB

tetradic

#DBCB56 #56DB89 #5666DB #DB56A9

square

#DBCB56 #56DB89 #5666DB #DB56A9

split-complementary

#DBCB56 #56A9DB #8956DB

monochromatic

#978820 #C9B62B #DBCB56 #E6DB88 #F0EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DBCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DBCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCB56

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCB56	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da8a',
    500: '#dbcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcb56;
$custom-light: #e9da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83319,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCB56

secondary

#3A469B

accent

#54E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCB56

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

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