#DBC987#DBC987

#DBC987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.087 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC987
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 38.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -3.05, 35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 35.41, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0071 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.087 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4743, 58.5844, 31.3554)
Luminance	0.5858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC987 #8799DB

analogous

#DB9F87 #DBC987 #C3DB87

triadic

#DBC987 #87DBC9 #C987DB

tetradic

#DBC987 #87DB9F #8799DB #DB87C3

square

#DBC987 #87DB9F #8799DB #DB87C3

split-complementary

#DBC987 #87C3DB #9F87DB

monochromatic

#B29735 #CDB458 #DBC987 #E9DEB6 #F7F3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DBC987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DBC987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC987

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC987	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.087 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9aa',
    500: '#dbc987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc987;
$custom-light: #e7d9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83573,
    "c": 0.08718,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC987

secondary

#5468B2

accent

#46C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC987

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

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