#DBD99F#DBD99F

#DBD99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.076 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD99F
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 27.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -8.34, 28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 30.09, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0211 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.076 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.2844, 67.1900, 42.5874)
Luminance	0.6719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD99F #9FA1DB

analogous

#DBBB9F #DBD99F #BFDB9F

triadic

#DBD99F #9FDBD9 #D99FDB

tetradic

#DBD99F #9FDBBB #9FA1DB #DB9FBF

square

#DBD99F #9FDBBB #9FA1DB #DB9FBF

split-complementary

#DBD99F #9FBFDB #BB9FDB

monochromatic

#BAB646 #CAC772 #DBD99F #ECEBCC #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DBD99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DBD99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD99F

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD99F	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.076 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4bb',
    500: '#dbd99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd99f;
$custom-light: #e7e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87292,
    "c": 0.07561,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD99F

secondary

#6B6EB3

accent

#32B92D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD99F

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

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