#DBC997#DBC997

#DBC997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.069 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC997
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(44, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 31.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -1.14, 27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 27.34, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0007 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.069 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6866, 59.0693, 37.7403)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC997 #97A9DB

analogous

#DBA797 #DBC997 #CBDB97

triadic

#DBC997 #97DBC9 #C997DB

tetradic

#DBC997 #97DBA7 #97A9DB #DB97CB

square

#DBC997 #97DBA7 #97A9DB #DB97CB

split-complementary

#DBC997 #97CBDB #A797DB

monochromatic

#B89840 #CBB16A #DBC997 #EBE1C4 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DBC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DBC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC997

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC997	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.069 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9b6',
    500: '#dbc997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc997;
$custom-light: #e7d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83871,
    "c": 0.06865,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC997

secondary

#6479B3

accent

#50BC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC997

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

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