#DBD397#DBD397

#DBD397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.078 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD397
RGB	rgb(219, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 31.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -6.30, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 31.41, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0156 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.078 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0941, 63.8842, 38.5428)
Luminance	0.6388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD397 #979FDB

analogous

#DBB197 #DBD397 #C1DB97

triadic

#DBD397 #97DBD3 #D397DB

tetradic

#DBD397 #97DBB1 #979FDB #DB97C1

square

#DBD397 #97DBB1 #979FDB #DB97C1

split-complementary

#DBD397 #97C1DB #B197DB

monochromatic

#B8AA40 #CBC06A #DBD397 #EBE6C4 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DBD397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#DBD397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD397

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD397	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.078 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e0b6',
    500: '#dbd397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd397;
$custom-light: #e7e0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85905,
    "c": 0.07842,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD397

secondary

#646DB3

accent

#3BBC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD397

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

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