#DBC879#DBC879

#DBC879 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.102 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC879
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 44.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -4.01, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 41.99, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0111 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.102 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.3203, 57.7510, 26.4238)
Luminance	0.5775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC879 #798CDB

analogous

#DB9779 #DBC879 #BDDB79

triadic

#DBC879 #79DBC8 #C879DB

tetradic

#DBC879 #79DB97 #798CDB #DB79BD

square

#DBC879 #79DB97 #798CDB #DB79BD

split-complementary

#DBC879 #79BDDB #9779DB

monochromatic

#AC932E #CEB449 #DBC879 #E8DCA9 #F5F0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBC879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DBC879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC879

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC879	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.102 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8a1',
    500: '#dbc879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc879;
$custom-light: #e8d8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83141,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC879

secondary

#4A5DAE

accent

#40C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC879

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

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