#DBC281#DBC281

#DBC281 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.088 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC281
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 129)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 41.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -0.07, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 35.92, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% 0.0011 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.088 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4690, 55.2307, 28.6614)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC281 #819ADB

analogous

#DB9581 #DBC281 #C7DB81

triadic

#DBC281 #81DBC2 #C281DB

tetradic

#DBC281 #81DB95 #819ADB #DB81C7

square

#DBC281 #81DB95 #819ADB #DB81C7

split-complementary

#DBC281 #81C7DB #9581DB

monochromatic

#AF8D32 #CDAB51 #DBC281 #E9D9B1 #F6F0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DBC281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DBC281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC281

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC281	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C07C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.088 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d4a6',
    500: '#dbc281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc281;
$custom-light: #e7d4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82052,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC281

secondary

#4F6AB1

accent

#4FC322

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC281

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

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