#DBC96F#DBC96F

#DBC96F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.113 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC96F
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 49.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -5.47, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 47.23, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0162 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.113 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.9709, 57.9830, 23.4374)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC96F #6F81DB

analogous

#DB936F #DBC96F #B7DB6F

triadic

#DBC96F #6FDBC9 #C96FDB

tetradic

#DBC96F #6FDB93 #6F81DB #DB6FB7

square

#DBC96F #6FDB93 #6F81DB #DB6FB7

split-complementary

#DBC96F #6FB7DB #936FDB

monochromatic

#A6912A #CFB73E #DBC96F #E7DBA0 #F3EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBC96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DBC96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC96F

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC96F	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.113 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d99a',
    500: '#dbc96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc96f;
$custom-light: #e8d99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83201,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC96F

secondary

#4556A9

accent

#3AC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC96F

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

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