#DBCD79#DBCD79

#DBCD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.106 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCD79
RGB	rgb(219, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 44.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -6.58, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 43.92, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0185 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.106 100)
XYZ	xyz(54.4973, 60.1050, 26.8162)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCD79 #7987DB

analogous

#DB9C79 #DBCD79 #B8DB79

triadic

#DBCD79 #79DBCD #CD79DB

tetradic

#DBCD79 #79DB9C #7987DB #DB79B8

square

#DBCD79 #79DB9C #7987DB #DB79B8

split-complementary

#DBCD79 #79B8DB #9C79DB

monochromatic

#AC9A2E #CEBB49 #DBCD79 #E8DFA9 #F5F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DBCD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#DBCD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCD79

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCD79	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.106 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dca1',
    500: '#dbcd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcd79;
$custom-light: #e8dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84166,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.60103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCD79

secondary

#4A58AE

accent

#38C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCD79

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

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