#DBD599#DBD599

#DBD599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.078 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD599
RGB	rgb(219, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.46, -7.07, 30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.46, 31.29, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0177 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.078 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.7579, 64.9497, 39.5721)
Luminance	0.6495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD599 #999FDB

analogous

#DBB499 #DBD599 #C0DB99

triadic

#DBD599 #99DBD5 #D599DB

tetradic

#DBD599 #99DBB4 #999FDB #DB99C0

square

#DBD599 #99DBB4 #999FDB #DB99C0

split-complementary

#DBD599 #99C0DB #B499DB

monochromatic

#B8AE41 #CBC26C #DBD599 #EBE8C6 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DBD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#DBD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD599

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD599	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.078 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b7',
    500: '#dbd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd599;
$custom-light: #e7e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86353,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD599

secondary

#666DB3

accent

#38BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD599

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

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