#DBC97D#DBC97D

#DBC97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.098 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC97D
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 125)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 42.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -4.12, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 40.39, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.011 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.098 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8031, 58.3159, 27.8200)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC97D #7D8FDB

analogous

#DB9A7D #DBC97D #BEDB7D

triadic

#DBC97D #7DDBC9 #C97DDB

tetradic

#DBC97D #7DDB9A #7D8FDB #DB7DBE

square

#DBC97D #7DDB9A #7D8FDB #DB7DBE

split-complementary

#DBC97D #7DBEDB #9A7DDB

monochromatic

#AE9630 #CEB54D #DBC97D #E8DDAD #F6F1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DBC97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DBC97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC97D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC97D	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.098 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a4',
    500: '#dbc97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc97d;
$custom-light: #e8d9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83407,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC97D

secondary

#4C5FB0

accent

#41C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC97D

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

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