#DBD799#DBD799

#DBD799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.081 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD799
RGB	rgb(219, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -8.09, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 32.20, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0206 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.081 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.2640, 65.9620, 39.7408)
Luminance	0.6596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD799 #999DDB

analogous

#DBB699 #DBD799 #BEDB99

triadic

#DBD799 #99DBD7 #D799DB

tetradic

#DBD799 #99DBB6 #999DDB #DB99BE

square

#DBD799 #99DBB6 #999DDB #DB99BE

split-complementary

#DBD799 #99BEDB #B699DB

monochromatic

#B8B141 #CBC56C #DBD799 #EBE9C6 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DBD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#DBD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD799

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD799	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.081 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3b7',
    500: '#dbd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd799;
$custom-light: #e7e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86765,
    "c": 0.08053,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD799

secondary

#666AB3

accent

#33BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD799

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

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