#DBC579#DBC579

#DBC579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.099 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC579
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 44.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -2.46, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 40.90, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0065 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.099 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6323, 56.3751, 26.1945)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC579 #798FDB

analogous

#DB9479 #DBC579 #C0DB79

triadic

#DBC579 #79DBC5 #C579DB

tetradic

#DBC579 #79DB94 #798FDB #DB79C0

square

#DBC579 #79DB94 #798FDB #DB79C0

split-complementary

#DBC579 #79C0DB #9479DB

monochromatic

#AC8F2E #CEB049 #DBC579 #E8DAA9 #F5EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DBC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC579

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC579	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)

#D4C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.099 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6a1',
    500: '#dbc579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc579;
$custom-light: #e8d6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82529,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC579

secondary

#4A61AE

accent

#45C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC579

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

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