#DBD8A5#DBD8A5

#DBD8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.067 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD8A5
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 165)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 24.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -7.03, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 26.54, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0172 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.067 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5608, 66.8894, 45.3107)
Luminance	0.6689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD8A5 #A5A8DB

analogous

#DBBDA5 #DBD8A5 #C3DBA5

triadic

#DBD8A5 #A5DBD8 #D8A5DB

tetradic

#DBD8A5 #A5DBBD #A5A8DB #DBA5C3

square

#DBD8A5 #A5DBBD #A5A8DB #DBA5C3

split-complementary

#DBD8A5 #A5C3DB #BDA5DB

monochromatic

#B8B24E #CAC579 #DBD8A5 #ECEBD1 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBD8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DBD8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD8A5

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD8A5	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.067 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4c0',
    500: '#dbd8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd8a5;
$custom-light: #e6e4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87207,
    "c": 0.06699,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD8A5

secondary

#7175B3

accent

#37B630

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD8A5

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

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