#DBD97B#DBD97B

#DBD97B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.117 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD97B
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 123)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 43.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -12.46, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 48.00, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0352 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.117 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6025, 66.1172, 28.4626)
Luminance	0.6612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD97B #7B7DDB

analogous

#DBA97B #DBD97B #ADDB7B

triadic

#DBD97B #7BDBD9 #D97BDB

tetradic

#DBD97B #7BDBA9 #7B7DDB #DB7BAD

square

#DBD97B #7BDBA9 #7B7DDB #DB7BAD

split-complementary

#DBD97B #7BADDB #A97BDB

monochromatic

#ADAA2F #CECB4B #DBD97B #E8E7AB #F5F5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DBD97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DBD97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD97B

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD97B	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.117 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a3',
    500: '#dbd97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd97b;
$custom-light: #e8e4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86683,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD97B

secondary

#4B4DAF

accent

#24C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD97B

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

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