#DBC99D#DBC99D

#DBC99D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.062 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC99D
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 28.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -0.37, 24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 24.32, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% 0.0017 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.062 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1864, 59.2692, 40.3721)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC99D #9DAFDB

analogous

#DBAA9D #DBC99D #CEDB9D

triadic

#DBC99D #9DDBC9 #C99DDB

tetradic

#DBC99D #9DDBAA #9DAFDB #DB9DCE

square

#DBC99D #9DDBAA #9DAFDB #DB9DCE

split-complementary

#DBC99D #9DCEDB #AA9DDB

monochromatic

#B99744 #CBB070 #DBC99D #EBE2CA #F7F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DBC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DBC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC99D

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC99D	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.062 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9ba',
    500: '#dbc99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc99d;
$custom-light: #e7d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83993,
    "c": 0.06156,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC99D

secondary

#6A7FB3

accent

#55B92C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC99D

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

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