#DBD99B#DBD99B

#DBD99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.080 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD99B
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 155)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 29.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -8.85, 30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 32.12, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0227 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.08 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.9430, 67.0534, 40.7888)
Luminance	0.6705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD99B #9B9DDB

analogous

#DBB99B #DBD99B #BDDB9B

triadic

#DBD99B #9BDBD9 #D99BDB

tetradic

#DBD99B #9BDBB9 #9B9DDB #DB9BBD

square

#DBD99B #9BDBB9 #9B9DDB #DB9BBD

split-complementary

#DBD99B #9BBDDB #B99BDB

monochromatic

#B9B543 #CBC86E #DBD99B #EBEAC8 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBD99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DBD99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD99B

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD99B	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.080 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b9',
    500: '#dbd99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd99b;
$custom-light: #e7e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87215,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD99B

secondary

#686AB3

accent

#30BA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD99B

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

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