#DBCD56#DBCD56

#DBCD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.139 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCD56
RGB	rgb(219, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -9.46, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 60.15, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0305 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.139 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7264, 59.3966, 17.4896)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCD56 #5664DB

analogous

#DB8A56 #DBCD56 #A7DB56

triadic

#DBCD56 #56DBCD #CD56DB

tetradic

#DBCD56 #56DB8A #5664DB #DB56A7

square

#DBCD56 #56DB8A #5664DB #DB56A7

split-complementary

#DBCD56 #56A7DB #8A56DB

monochromatic

#978A20 #C9B82B #DBCD56 #E6DC88 #F0EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DBCD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#DBCD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCD56

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCD56	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.139 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc8a',
    500: '#dbcd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcd56;
$custom-light: #e9dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83735,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCD56

secondary

#3A449B

accent

#52E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCD56

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

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