#DBD596#DBD596

#DBD596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.082 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD596
RGB	rgb(219, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 31.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -7.44, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 32.81, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.0189 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.082 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.5132, 64.8518, 38.2835)
Luminance	0.6485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD596 #969CDB

analogous

#DBB396 #DBD596 #BEDB96

triadic

#DBD596 #96DBD5 #D596DB

tetradic

#DBD596 #96DBB3 #969CDB #DB96BE

square

#DBD596 #96DBB3 #969CDB #DB96BE

split-complementary

#DBD596 #96BEDB #B396DB

monochromatic

#B8AD3F #CBC368 #DBD596 #EBE7C4 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DBD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#DBD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD596

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD596	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.082 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b5',
    500: '#dbd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd596;
$custom-light: #e7e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86297,
    "c": 0.08184,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD596

secondary

#636AB2

accent

#36BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD596

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

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