#DBC99E#DBC99E

#DBC99E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.060 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC99E
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(42, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 27.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -0.23, 23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 23.82, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% 0.0021 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.06 88)
XYZ	xyz(56.2721, 59.3035, 40.8236)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC99E #9EB0DB

analogous

#DBAB9E #DBC99E #CFDB9E

triadic

#DBC99E #9EDBC9 #C99EDB

tetradic

#DBC99E #9EDBAB #9EB0DB #DB9ECF

square

#DBC99E #9EDBAB #9EB0DB #DB9ECF

split-complementary

#DBC99E #9ECFDB #AB9EDB

monochromatic

#BA9745 #CAB071 #DBC99E #ECE2CB #F7F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DBC99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DBC99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC99E

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC99E	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CD9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.060 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9bb',
    500: '#dbc99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc99e;
$custom-light: #e7d9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 45.865,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84014,
    "c": 0.06038,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.59302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC99E

secondary

#6B80B3

accent

#56B92C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC99E

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

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