#DBC992#DBC992

#DBC992 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.075 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC992
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 146)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 33.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -1.76, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 29.87, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0027 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.075 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2892, 58.9103, 35.6469)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC992 #92A4DB

analogous

#DBA592 #DBC992 #C9DB92

triadic

#DBC992 #92DBC9 #C992DB

tetradic

#DBC992 #92DBA5 #92A4DB #DB92C9

square

#DBC992 #92DBA5 #92A4DB #DB92C9

split-complementary

#DBC992 #92C9DB #A592DB

monochromatic

#B6983C #CCB264 #DBC992 #EAE0C0 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DBC992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DBC992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC992

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC992	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C78E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.075 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9b2',
    500: '#dbc992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc992;
$custom-light: #e7d9b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 50.345,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83773,
    "c": 0.07452,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC992

secondary

#5F73B2

accent

#4DBE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC992

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

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