#DBC970#DBC970

#DBC970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.112 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC970
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 48.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -5.38, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 46.75, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0159 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.112 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0263, 58.0052, 23.7290)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC970 #7082DB

analogous

#DB9470 #DBC970 #B7DB70

triadic

#DBC970 #70DBC9 #C970DB

tetradic

#DBC970 #70DB94 #7082DB #DB70B7

square

#DBC970 #70DB94 #7082DB #DB70B7

split-complementary

#DBC970 #70B7DB #9470DB

monochromatic

#A7922A #CFB73F #DBC970 #E7DBA1 #F4EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DBC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC970

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC970	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)

#D8C568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.112 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d99b',
    500: '#dbc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc970;
$custom-light: #e8d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.907,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83215,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC970

secondary

#4656AA

accent

#3BC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC970

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

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