#DBD99D#DBD99D

#DBD99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.078 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD99D
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 28.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -8.60, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 31.10, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.0219 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.078 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.1123, 67.1211, 41.6808)
Luminance	0.6712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD99D #9D9FDB

analogous

#DBBA9D #DBD99D #BEDB9D

triadic

#DBD99D #9DDBD9 #D99DDB

tetradic

#DBD99D #9DDBBA #9D9FDB #DB9DBE

square

#DBD99D #9DDBBA #9D9FDB #DB9DBE

split-complementary

#DBD99D #9DBEDB #BA9DDB

monochromatic

#B9B644 #CBC870 #DBD99D #EBEACA #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBD99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DBD99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD99D

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD99D	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.078 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4ba',
    500: '#dbd99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd99d;
$custom-light: #e7e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87253,
    "c": 0.07806,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD99D

secondary

#6A6CB3

accent

#31B92C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD99D

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

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