#DBD189#DBD189

#DBD189 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.093 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD189
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 37.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -6.94, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 37.62, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0182 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.093 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5301, 62.4686, 32.7419)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD189 #8993DB

analogous

#DBA889 #DBD189 #BCDB89

triadic

#DBD189 #89DBD1 #D189DB

tetradic

#DBD189 #89DBA8 #8993DB #DB89BC

square

#DBD189 #89DBA8 #8993DB #DB89BC

split-complementary

#DBD189 #89BCDB #A889DB

monochromatic

#B3A437 #CDBF5A #DBD189 #E9E3B8 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DBD189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#DBD189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD189

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD189	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECD84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.093 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfac',
    500: '#dbd189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd189;
$custom-light: #e7dfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85243,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD189

secondary

#5661B2

accent

#38C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD189

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

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