#DBC97B#DBC97B

#DBC97B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.100 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC97B
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 123)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 43.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -4.32, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 41.38, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0118 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.1 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6766, 58.2653, 27.1539)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC97B #7B8DDB

analogous

#DB997B #DBC97B #BDDB7B

triadic

#DBC97B #7BDBC9 #C97BDB

tetradic

#DBC97B #7BDB99 #7B8DDB #DB7BBD

square

#DBC97B #7BDB99 #7B8DDB #DB7BBD

split-complementary

#DBC97B #7BBDDB #997BDB

monochromatic

#AD952F #CEB54B #DBC97B #E8DDAB #F5F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DBC97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#DBC97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC97B

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC97B	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.100 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a2',
    500: '#dbc97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc97b;
$custom-light: #e8d9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83376,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC97B

secondary

#4B5EAF

accent

#40C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC97B

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

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