#DBD8A8#DBD8A8

#DBD8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.063 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD8A8
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 168)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 23.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -6.61, 24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 25.00, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.016 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.063 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.8371, 66.9999, 46.7656)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD8A8 #A8ABDB

analogous

#DBBEA8 #DBD8A8 #C4DBA8

triadic

#DBD8A8 #A8DBD8 #D8A8DB

tetradic

#DBD8A8 #A8DBBE #A8ABDB #DBA8C4

square

#DBD8A8 #A8DBBE #A8ABDB #DBA8C4

split-complementary

#DBD8A8 #A8C4DB #BEA8DB

monochromatic

#B7B151 #C9C57D #DBD8A8 #EDEBD3 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBD8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DBD8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD8A8

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD8A8	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.063 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4c2',
    500: '#dbd8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd8a8;
$custom-light: #e6e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8727,
    "c": 0.06324,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD8A8

secondary

#7478B3

accent

#39B531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD8A8

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

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