#DBD591#DBD591

#DBD591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.088 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD591
RGB	rgb(219, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 33.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -8.05, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 35.34, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0209 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.088 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1191, 64.6942, 36.2082)
Luminance	0.6469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD591 #9197DB

analogous

#DBB091 #DBD591 #BCDB91

triadic

#DBD591 #91DBD5 #D591DB

tetradic

#DBD591 #91DBB0 #9197DB #DB91BC

square

#DBD591 #91DBB0 #9197DB #DB91BC

split-complementary

#DBD591 #91BCDB #B091DB

monochromatic

#B6AC3C #CCC363 #DBD591 #EAE7BF #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DBD591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#DBD591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD591

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD591	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.088 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b2',
    500: '#dbd591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd591;
$custom-light: #e7e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86206,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD591

secondary

#5E65B2

accent

#34BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD591

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

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