#DBC96D#DBC96D

#DBC96D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.115 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC96D
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 50.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -5.65, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 48.19, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.017 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.115 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8620, 57.9395, 22.8639)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC96D #6D7FDB

analogous

#DB926D #DBC96D #B6DB6D

triadic

#DBC96D #6DDBC9 #C96DDB

tetradic

#DBC96D #6DDB92 #6D7FDB #DB6DB6

square

#DBC96D #6DDB92 #6D7FDB #DB6DB6

split-complementary

#DBC96D #6DB6DB #926DDB

monochromatic

#A59129 #CFB73C #DBC96D #E7DB9E #F3EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBC96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DBC96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC96D

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC96D	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.115 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d999',
    500: '#dbc96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc96d;
$custom-light: #e8d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83174,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC96D

secondary

#4454A8

accent

#39C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC96D

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

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