#DBD99A#DBD99A

#DBD99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.082 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD99A
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 154)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 29.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -8.98, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 32.63, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0231 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.082 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.8593, 67.0199, 40.3484)
Luminance	0.6702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD99A #9A9CDB

analogous

#DBB89A #DBD99A #BCDB9A

triadic

#DBD99A #9ADBD9 #D99ADB

tetradic

#DBD99A #9ADBB8 #9A9CDB #DB9ABC

square

#DBD99A #9ADBB8 #9A9CDB #DB9ABC

split-complementary

#DBD99A #9ABCDB #B89ADB

monochromatic

#B9B542 #CBC86D #DBD99A #EBEAC7 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBD99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DBD99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD99A

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD99A	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.082 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b8',
    500: '#dbd99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd99a;
$custom-light: #e7e4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 47.445,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87196,
    "c": 0.08169,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD99A

secondary

#6769B3

accent

#2FBB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD99A

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

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