#DBD994#DBD994

#DBD994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.089 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD994
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 148)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 32.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -9.72, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 35.66, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0255 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.089 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3721, 66.8250, 37.7821)
Luminance	0.6682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD994 #9496DB

analogous

#DBB694 #DBD994 #BADB94

triadic

#DBD994 #94DBD9 #D994DB

tetradic

#DBD994 #94DBB6 #9496DB #DB94BA

square

#DBD994 #94DBB6 #9496DB #DB94BA

split-complementary

#DBD994 #94BADB #B694DB

monochromatic

#B7B43E #CCC966 #DBD994 #EAE9C2 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBD994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DBD994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD994

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD994	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D48F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.089 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b4',
    500: '#dbd994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd994;
$custom-light: #e7e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 49.65,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87085,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD994

secondary

#6163B2

accent

#2DBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD994

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

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