#DBD199#DBD199

#DBD199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.074 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD199
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -5.02, 29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 29.52, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0118 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.074 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.7641, 62.9622, 39.2408)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD199 #99A3DB

analogous

#DBB099 #DBD199 #C4DB99

triadic

#DBD199 #99DBD1 #D199DB

tetradic

#DBD199 #99DBB0 #99A3DB #DB99C4

square

#DBD199 #99DBB0 #99A3DB #DB99C4

split-complementary

#DBD199 #99C4DB #B099DB

monochromatic

#B8A641 #CBBD6C #DBD199 #EBE5C6 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DBD199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DBD199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD199

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD199	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.074 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb7',
    500: '#dbd199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd199;
$custom-light: #e7dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85534,
    "c": 0.07387,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD199

secondary

#6671B3

accent

#40BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD199

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

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