#DBC969#DBC969

#DBC969 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.119 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC969
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 52.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -5.99, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 50.09, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0184 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.119 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6516, 57.8553, 21.7556)
Luminance	0.5785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC969 #697BDB

analogous

#DB9069 #DBC969 #B4DB69

triadic

#DBC969 #69DBC9 #C969DB

tetradic

#DBC969 #69DB90 #697BDB #DB69B4

square

#DBC969 #69DB90 #697BDB #DB69B4

split-complementary

#DBC969 #69B4DB #9069DB

monochromatic

#A38F27 #CFB738 #DBC969 #E7DB9A #F3EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBC969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DBC969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC969

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC969	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.119 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d996',
    500: '#dbc969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc969;
$custom-light: #e8d996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83121,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC969

secondary

#4252A6

accent

#38C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC969

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

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