#DBC96E#DBC96E

#DBC96E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.114 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC96E
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 49.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -5.56, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 47.71, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0166 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.114 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9162, 57.9611, 23.1491)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC96E #6E80DB

analogous

#DB936E #DBC96E #B6DB6E

triadic

#DBC96E #6EDBC9 #C96EDB

tetradic

#DBC96E #6EDB93 #6E80DB #DB6EB6

square

#DBC96E #6EDB93 #6E80DB #DB6EB6

split-complementary

#DBC96E #6EB6DB #936EDB

monochromatic

#A69129 #CFB73D #DBC96E #E7DB9F #F3EED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBC96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DBC96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC96E

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC96E	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)

#D9C566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.114 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d999',
    500: '#dbc96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc96e;
$custom-light: #e8d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83187,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC96E

secondary

#4555A9

accent

#3AC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC96E

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

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