Is it possible to opt-out of dark mode on iOS 13?

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First, here is Apple’s entry related to opting out of dark mode.
The content at this link is written for Xcode 11 & iOS 13:

Entire app via info.plist file (Xcode 12)

Use the following key in your info.plist file:

UIUserInterfaceStyle

And assign it a value of Light.

The XML for the UIUserInterfaceStyle assignment:

<key>UIUserInterfaceStyle</key>
<string>Light</string>

Apple documentation for UIUserInterfaceStyle

Entire app via info.plist in build settings (Xcode 13)

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Entire app window via window property

You can set overrideUserInterfaceStyle against the app’s window variable. This will apply to all views that appear within the window. This became available with iOS 13, so for apps that support previous versions, you must include an availability check.

Depending on how your project was created, this may be in the AppDelegate or SceneDelegate file.

if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
    window?.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = .light
}

Individual UIViewController or UIView

You can set overrideUserInterfaceStyle against the UIViewControllers or UIView‘s overrideUserInterfaceStyle variable. This became available with iOS 13, so for apps that support previous versions, you must include an availability check.

Swift

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    // overrideUserInterfaceStyle is available with iOS 13
    if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
        // Always adopt a light interface style.
        overrideUserInterfaceStyle = .light
    }
}

For those poor souls in Objective-C

if (@available(iOS 13.0, *)) {
        self.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = UIUserInterfaceStyleLight;
}

When set against the UIViewController, the view controller and its children adopt the defined mode.

When set against the UIView, the view and its children adopt the defined mode.

Apple documentation for overrideUserInterfaceStyle

Individual views via SwiftUI View

You can set preferredColorScheme to be either light or dark. The provided value will set the color scheme for the presentation.

import SwiftUI

struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        Text("Light Only")
            .preferredColorScheme(.light)
    }
}

Apple documentation for preferredColorScheme

Credit to @Aron Nelson, @Raimundas Sakalauskas, @NSLeader and @rmaddy for improving this answer with their feedback.

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