#DBC489#DBC489

#DBC489 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.081 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC489
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(43, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 37.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -0.22, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 32.61, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% 0.0012 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.081 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4698, 56.3480, 31.7217)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC489 #89A0DB

analogous

#DB9B89 #DBC489 #C9DB89

triadic

#DBC489 #89DBC4 #C489DB

tetradic

#DBC489 #89DB9B #89A0DB #DB89C9

square

#DBC489 #89DB9B #89A0DB #DB89C9

split-complementary

#DBC489 #89C9DB #9B89DB

monochromatic

#B39037 #CDAD5A #DBC489 #E9DBB8 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DBC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC489

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC489	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.081 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d5ac',
    500: '#dbc489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc489;
$custom-light: #e7d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.171,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82596,
    "c": 0.08077,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC489

secondary

#5670B2

accent

#51C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC489

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

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