#DBC481#DBC481

#DBC481 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.090 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC481
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 41.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -1.11, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 36.59, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0019 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.09 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9171, 56.1269, 28.8108)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC481 #8198DB

analogous

#DB9781 #DBC481 #C5DB81

triadic

#DBC481 #81DBC4 #C481DB

tetradic

#DBC481 #81DB97 #8198DB #DB81C5

square

#DBC481 #81DB97 #8198DB #DB81C5

split-complementary

#DBC481 #81C5DB #9781DB

monochromatic

#AF8F32 #CDAE51 #DBC481 #E9DAB1 #F6F1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DBC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC481

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC481	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C27C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.090 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d5a6',
    500: '#dbc481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc481;
$custom-light: #e7d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82456,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC481

secondary

#4F68B1

accent

#4BC322

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC481

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

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