#DBD97E#DBD97E

#DBD97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.114 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD97E
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 42.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -12.16, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 46.55, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.0341 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.114 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7932, 66.1935, 29.4668)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD97E #7E80DB

analogous

#DBAB7E #DBD97E #AEDB7E

triadic

#DBD97E #7EDBD9 #D97EDB

tetradic

#DBD97E #7EDBAB #7E80DB #DB7EAE

square

#DBD97E #7EDBAB #7E80DB #DB7EAE

split-complementary

#DBD97E #7EAEDB #AB7EDB

monochromatic

#AEAB31 #CECB4E #DBD97E #E8E7AE #F6F5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBD97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DBD97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD97E

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD97E	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.114 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a5',
    500: '#dbd97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd97e;
$custom-light: #e8e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.71,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86726,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD97E

secondary

#4D4FB1

accent

#25C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD97E

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

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