#DBD8A9#DBD8A9

#DBD8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.062 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD8A9
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 22.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -6.47, 23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 24.48, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0156 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.062 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.9306, 67.0373, 47.2581)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD8A9 #A9ACDB

analogous

#DBBFA9 #DBD8A9 #C5DBA9

triadic

#DBD8A9 #A9DBD8 #D8A9DB

tetradic

#DBD8A9 #A9DBBF #A9ACDB #DBA9C5

square

#DBD8A9 #A9DBBF #A9ACDB #DBA9C5

split-complementary

#DBD8A9 #A9C5DB #BFA9DB

monochromatic

#B7B153 #C9C47E #DBD8A9 #EDECD4 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBD8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DBD8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD8A9

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD8A9	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.062 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4c2',
    500: '#dbd8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd8a9;
$custom-light: #e6e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87291,
    "c": 0.06197,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD8A9

secondary

#7579B3

accent

#39B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD8A9

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

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