#DBD699#DBD699

#DBD699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.079 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD699
RGB	rgb(219, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -7.58, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 31.74, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0192 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.079 104)
XYZ	xyz(59.0102, 65.4543, 39.6562)
Luminance	0.6545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD699 #999EDB

analogous

#DBB599 #DBD699 #BFDB99

triadic

#DBD699 #99DBD6 #D699DB

tetradic

#DBD699 #99DBB5 #999EDB #DB99BF

square

#DBD699 #99DBB5 #999EDB #DB99BF

split-complementary

#DBD699 #99BFDB #B599DB

monochromatic

#B8AF41 #CBC46C #DBD699 #EBE8C6 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DBD699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DBD699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD699

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD699	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.079 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2b7',
    500: '#dbd699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd699;
$custom-light: #e7e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86559,
    "c": 0.07938,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.65453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD699

secondary

#666BB3

accent

#35BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD699

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

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