#DBD997#DBD997

#DBD997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.085 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD997
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 31.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -9.35, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 34.15, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0243 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.085 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.6126, 66.9212, 39.0489)
Luminance	0.6692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD997 #9799DB

analogous

#DBB797 #DBD997 #BBDB97

triadic

#DBD997 #97DBD9 #D997DB

tetradic

#DBD997 #97DBB7 #9799DB #DB97BB

square

#DBD997 #97DBB7 #9799DB #DB97BB

split-complementary

#DBD997 #97BBDB #B797DB

monochromatic

#B8B440 #CBC86A #DBD997 #EBEAC4 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DBD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD997

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD997	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.085 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b6',
    500: '#dbd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd997;
$custom-light: #e7e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8714,
    "c": 0.08529,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD997

secondary

#6466B3

accent

#2EBC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD997

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

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