#DBD989#DBD989

#DBD989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.102 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD989
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 137)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 37.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -10.99, 39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 41.16, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0299 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.102 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.5424, 66.4931, 33.4126)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD989 #898BDB

analogous

#DBB089 #DBD989 #B4DB89

triadic

#DBD989 #89DBD9 #D989DB

tetradic

#DBD989 #89DBB0 #898BDB #DB89B4

square

#DBD989 #89DBB0 #898BDB #DB89B4

split-complementary

#DBD989 #89B4DB #B089DB

monochromatic

#B3B037 #CDCA5A #DBD989 #E9E8B8 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBD989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DBD989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD989

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD989	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.102 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4ac',
    500: '#dbd989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd989;
$custom-light: #e7e4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86897,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD989

secondary

#5659B2

accent

#29C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD989

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

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