#DBC97E#DBC97E

#DBC97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.097 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC97E
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 126)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 42.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -4.02, 39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 39.90, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0106 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.097 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8673, 58.3416, 28.1582)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC97E #7E90DB

analogous

#DB9A7E #DBC97E #BFDB7E

triadic

#DBC97E #7EDBC9 #C97EDB

tetradic

#DBC97E #7EDB9A #7E90DB #DB7EBF

square

#DBC97E #7EDB9A #7E90DB #DB7EBF

split-complementary

#DBC97E #7EBFDB #9A7EDB

monochromatic

#AE9631 #CEB54E #DBC97E #E8DDAE #F6F1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DBC97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DBC97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC97E

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC97E	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.097 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a4',
    500: '#dbc97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc97e;
$custom-light: #e8d9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83423,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC97E

secondary

#4D60B1

accent

#41C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC97E

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

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