#DBC98D#DBC98D

#DBC98D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.080 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC98D
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 141)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 35.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -2.36, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 32.39, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0047 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.08 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9087, 58.7582, 33.6432)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC98D #8D9FDB

analogous

#DBA28D #DBC98D #C6DB8D

triadic

#DBC98D #8DDBC9 #C98DDB

tetradic

#DBC98D #8DDBA2 #8D9FDB #DB8DC6

square

#DBC98D #8DDBA2 #8D9FDB #DB8DC6

split-complementary

#DBC98D #8DC6DB #A28DDB

monochromatic

#B59839 #CCB35E #DBC98D #EADFBC #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DBC98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DBC98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC98D

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC98D	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.080 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9af',
    500: '#dbc98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc98d;
$custom-light: #e7d9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8368,
    "c": 0.08033,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC98D

secondary

#5A6EB2

accent

#49BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC98D

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

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