#DBC96A#DBC96A

#DBC96A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.118 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC96A
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 51.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -5.91, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 49.62, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.018 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.118 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7033, 57.8760, 22.0279)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC96A #6A7CDB

analogous

#DB906A #DBC96A #B4DB6A

triadic

#DBC96A #6ADBC9 #C96ADB

tetradic

#DBC96A #6ADB90 #6A7CDB #DB6AB4

square

#DBC96A #6ADB90 #6A7CDB #DB6AB4

split-complementary

#DBC96A #6AB4DB #906ADB

monochromatic

#A38F27 #CFB739 #DBC96A #E7DB9B #F3EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBC96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DBC96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC96A

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC96A	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)

#D9C461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.118 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d997',
    500: '#dbc96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc96a;
$custom-light: #e8d997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83134,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC96A

secondary

#4353A6

accent

#38C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC96A

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

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