#DBCC56#DBCC56

#DBCC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCC56
RGB	rgb(219, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -8.96, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 59.79, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.029 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4880, 58.9197, 17.4101)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCC56 #5665DB

analogous

#DB8A56 #DBCC56 #A8DB56

triadic

#DBCC56 #56DBCC #CC56DB

tetradic

#DBCC56 #56DB8A #5665DB #DB56A8

square

#DBCC56 #56DB8A #5665DB #DB56A8

split-complementary

#DBCC56 #56A8DB #8A56DB

monochromatic

#978920 #C9B72B #DBCC56 #E6DB88 #F0EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DBCC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DBCC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCC56

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCC56	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db8a',
    500: '#dbcc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcc56;
$custom-light: #e9db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83527,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCC56

secondary

#3A459B

accent

#53E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCC56

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

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