#DBD99E#DBD99E

#DBD99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.077 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD99E
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 27.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -8.47, 29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 30.60, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0215 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.077 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.1980, 67.1554, 42.1322)
Luminance	0.6715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD99E #9EA0DB

analogous

#DBBB9E #DBD99E #BFDB9E

triadic

#DBD99E #9EDBD9 #D99EDB

tetradic

#DBD99E #9EDBBB #9EA0DB #DB9EBF

square

#DBD99E #9EDBBB #9EA0DB #DB9EBF

split-complementary

#DBD99E #9EBFDB #BB9EDB

monochromatic

#BAB645 #CAC871 #DBD99E #ECEACB #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBD99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DBD99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD99E

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD99E	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.077 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4bb',
    500: '#dbd99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd99e;
$custom-light: #e7e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 45.865,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87272,
    "c": 0.07683,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD99E

secondary

#6B6DB3

accent

#31B92C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD99E

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

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