#DBD96E#DBD96E

#DBD96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.130 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD96E
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 110)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 49.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -13.66, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 54.14, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.0399 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.13 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8421, 65.8130, 24.4577)
Luminance	0.6581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD96E #6E70DB

analogous

#DBA36E #DBD96E #A7DB6E

triadic

#DBD96E #6EDBD9 #D96EDB

tetradic

#DBD96E #6EDBA3 #6E70DB #DB6EA7

square

#DBD96E #6EDBA3 #6E70DB #DB6EA7

split-complementary

#DBD96E #6EA7DB #A36EDB

monochromatic

#A6A329 #CFCC3D #DBD96E #E7E69F #F3F3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DBD96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#DBD96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD96E

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD96E	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.130 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e49a',
    500: '#dbd96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd96e;
$custom-light: #e8e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86509,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD96E

secondary

#4546A9

accent

#21C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD96E

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

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