#DBD197#DBD197

#DBD197 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.076 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD197
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 31.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -5.27, 30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 30.54, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0126 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.076 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6003, 62.8967, 38.3782)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD197 #97A1DB

analogous

#DBAF97 #DBD197 #C3DB97

triadic

#DBD197 #97DBD1 #D197DB

tetradic

#DBD197 #97DBAF #97A1DB #DB97C3

square

#DBD197 #97DBAF #97A1DB #DB97C3

split-complementary

#DBD197 #97C3DB #AF97DB

monochromatic

#B8A640 #CBBD6A #DBD197 #EBE5C4 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DBD197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#DBD197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD197

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD197	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.076 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb6',
    500: '#dbd197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd197;
$custom-light: #e7dfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85496,
    "c": 0.07628,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD197

secondary

#646FB3

accent

#3FBC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD197

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

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