#DBC985#DBC985

#DBC985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.089 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC985
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 39.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -3.27, 36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 36.41, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0079 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.089 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3348, 58.5286, 30.6208)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC985 #8597DB

analogous

#DB9E85 #DBC985 #C2DB85

triadic

#DBC985 #85DBC9 #C985DB

tetradic

#DBC985 #85DB9E #8597DB #DB85C2

square

#DBC985 #85DB9E #8597DB #DB85C2

split-complementary

#DBC985 #85C2DB #9E85DB

monochromatic

#B19734 #CDB456 #DBC985 #E9DEB4 #F7F3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DBC985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DBC985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC985

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC985	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCC87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.089 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9a9',
    500: '#dbc985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc985;
$custom-light: #e7d9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83538,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC985

secondary

#5366B2

accent

#45C224

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC985

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

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