#DBD299#DBD299

#DBD299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.075 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD299
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -5.54, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 29.95, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0133 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.075 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.0102, 63.4545, 39.3229)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD299 #99A2DB

analogous

#DBB199 #DBD299 #C3DB99

triadic

#DBD299 #99DBD2 #D299DB

tetradic

#DBD299 #99DBB1 #99A2DB #DB99C3

square

#DBD299 #99DBB1 #99A2DB #DB99C3

split-complementary

#DBD299 #99C3DB #B199DB

monochromatic

#B8A841 #CBBE6C #DBD299 #EBE6C6 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DBD299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DBD299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD299

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD299	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.075 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb7',
    500: '#dbd299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd299;
$custom-light: #e7dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85739,
    "c": 0.07493,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD299

secondary

#6670B3

accent

#3EBB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD299

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

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