#DBC993#DBC993

#DBC993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.073 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC993
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 147)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 32.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -1.64, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 29.36, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0023 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.073 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3673, 58.9416, 36.0584)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC993 #93A5DB

analogous

#DBA593 #DBC993 #C9DB93

triadic

#DBC993 #93DBC9 #C993DB

tetradic

#DBC993 #93DBA5 #93A5DB #DB93C9

square

#DBC993 #93DBA5 #93A5DB #DB93C9

split-complementary

#DBC993 #93C9DB #A593DB

monochromatic

#B7983D #CCB265 #DBC993 #EAE0C1 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DBC993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DBC993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC993

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC993	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.073 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9b3',
    500: '#dbc993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc993;
$custom-light: #e7d9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83792,
    "c": 0.07336,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC993

secondary

#6074B2

accent

#4DBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC993

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

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