#DBD696#DBD696

#DBD696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.083 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD696
RGB	rgb(219, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 31.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -7.95, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 33.26, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0204 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.083 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7655, 65.3564, 38.3676)
Luminance	0.6535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD696 #969BDB

analogous

#DBB396 #DBD696 #BEDB96

triadic

#DBD696 #96DBD6 #D696DB

tetradic

#DBD696 #96DBB3 #969BDB #DB96BE

square

#DBD696 #96DBB3 #969BDB #DB96BE

split-complementary

#DBD696 #96BEDB #B396DB

monochromatic

#B8AF3F #CBC468 #DBD696 #EBE8C4 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DBD696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DBD696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD696

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD696	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.083 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2b5',
    500: '#dbd696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd696;
$custom-light: #e7e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86503,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD696

secondary

#6369B2

accent

#34BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD696

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

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