#DBC96C#DBC96C

#DBC96C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.116 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC96C
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 50.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -5.73, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 48.67, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0173 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.116 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8085, 57.9181, 22.5821)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC96C #6C7EDB

analogous

#DB926C #DBC96C #B6DB6C

triadic

#DBC96C #6CDBC9 #C96CDB

tetradic

#DBC96C #6CDB92 #6C7EDB #DB6CB6

square

#DBC96C #6CDB92 #6C7EDB #DB6CB6

split-complementary

#DBC96C #6CB6DB #926CDB

monochromatic

#A49028 #CFB73B #DBC96C #E7DB9D #F3EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBC96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DBC96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC96C

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC96C	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C564

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.116 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d998',
    500: '#dbc96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc96c;
$custom-light: #e8d998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8316,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC96C

secondary

#4454A8

accent

#39C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC96C

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

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