#DBD97C#DBD97C

#DBD97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.116 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD97C
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 43.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -12.36, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 47.52, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0348 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.116 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6654, 66.1424, 28.7939)
Luminance	0.6614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD97C #7C7EDB

analogous

#DBAA7C #DBD97C #ADDB7C

triadic

#DBD97C #7CDBD9 #D97CDB

tetradic

#DBD97C #7CDBAA #7C7EDB #DB7CAD

square

#DBD97C #7CDBAA #7C7EDB #DB7CAD

split-complementary

#DBD97C #7CADDB #AA7CDB

monochromatic

#ADAA30 #CECB4C #DBD97C #E8E7AC #F5F5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DBD97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DBD97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD97C

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD97C	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.116 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a3',
    500: '#dbd97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd97c;
$custom-light: #e8e4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 56.886,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86697,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD97C

secondary

#4C4EB0

accent

#24C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD97C

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

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