#DBD97D#DBD97D

#DBD97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.115 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD97D
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 42.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -12.26, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 47.04, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0344 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.115 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7290, 66.1678, 29.1287)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD97D #7D7FDB

analogous

#DBAA7D #DBD97D #AEDB7D

triadic

#DBD97D #7DDBD9 #D97DDB

tetradic

#DBD97D #7DDBAA #7D7FDB #DB7DAE

square

#DBD97D #7DDBAA #7D7FDB #DB7DAE

split-complementary

#DBD97D #7DAEDB #AA7DDB

monochromatic

#AEAB30 #CECB4D #DBD97D #E8E7AD #F6F5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DBD97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DBD97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD97D

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD97D	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)

#E7D276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.115 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a4',
    500: '#dbd97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd97d;
$custom-light: #e8e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86712,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD97D

secondary

#4C4EB0

accent

#25C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD97D

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

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