#DBD697#DBD697

#DBD697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.082 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD697
RGB	rgb(219, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 31.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -7.83, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 32.76, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.02 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.082 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.8464, 65.3887, 38.7935)
Luminance	0.6539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD697 #979CDB

analogous

#DBB497 #DBD697 #BEDB97

triadic

#DBD697 #97DBD6 #D697DB

tetradic

#DBD697 #97DBB4 #979CDB #DB97BE

square

#DBD697 #97DBB4 #979CDB #DB97BE

split-complementary

#DBD697 #97BEDB #B497DB

monochromatic

#B8AF40 #CBC46A #DBD697 #EBE8C4 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DBD697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DBD697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD697

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD697	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.082 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2b6',
    500: '#dbd697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd697;
$custom-light: #e7e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86521,
    "c": 0.08178,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD697

secondary

#6469B3

accent

#34BC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD697

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

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