#DBD196#DBD196

#DBD196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.077 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD196
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 31.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -5.40, 30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 31.05, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.013 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.077 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.5195, 62.8644, 37.9523)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD196 #96A0DB

analogous

#DBAE96 #DBD196 #C3DB96

triadic

#DBD196 #96DBD1 #D196DB

tetradic

#DBD196 #96DBAE #96A0DB #DB96C3

square

#DBD196 #96DBAE #96A0DB #DB96C3

split-complementary

#DBD196 #96C3DB #AE96DB

monochromatic

#B8A63F #CBBD68 #DBD196 #EBE5C4 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DBD196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DBD196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD196

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD196	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.077 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb5',
    500: '#dbd196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd196;
$custom-light: #e7dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85477,
    "c": 0.07747,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD196

secondary

#636EB2

accent

#3FBC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD196

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

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