#DBC978#DBC978

#DBC978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.104 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC978
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 45.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -4.62, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 42.86, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0129 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.104 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4917, 58.1913, 26.1800)
Luminance	0.5819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC978 #788ADB

analogous

#DB9878 #DBC978 #BCDB78

triadic

#DBC978 #78DBC9 #C978DB

tetradic

#DBC978 #78DB98 #788ADB #DB78BC

square

#DBC978 #78DB98 #788ADB #DB78BC

split-complementary

#DBC978 #78BCDB #9878DB

monochromatic

#AB942E #CEB648 #DBC978 #E8DCA8 #F5F0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DBC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DBC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC978

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC978	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.104 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a0',
    500: '#dbc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc978;
$custom-light: #e8d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8333,
    "c": 0.10365,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC978

secondary

#4A5CAE

accent

#3EC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC978

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

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