#DBC981#DBC981

#DBC981 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.094 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC981
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 41.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -3.70, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 38.41, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0095 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.094 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0637, 58.4202, 29.1930)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC981 #8193DB

analogous

#DB9C81 #DBC981 #C0DB81

triadic

#DBC981 #81DBC9 #C981DB

tetradic

#DBC981 #81DB9C #8193DB #DB81C0

square

#DBC981 #81DB9C #8193DB #DB81C0

split-complementary

#DBC981 #81C0DB #9C81DB

monochromatic

#AF9632 #CDB551 #DBC981 #E9DDB1 #F6F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DBC981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#DBC981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC981

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC981	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C67C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.094 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9a6',
    500: '#dbc981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc981;
$custom-light: #e7d9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83471,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC981

secondary

#4F62B1

accent

#43C322

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC981

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

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