#DBDB8A#DBDB8A

#DBDB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.103 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB8A
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, -11.89, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 41.59, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0324 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.103 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.1331, 67.5592, 33.9650)
Luminance	0.6756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB8A #8A8ADB

analogous

#DBB38A #DBDB8A #B3DB8A

triadic

#DBDB8A #8ADBDB #DB8ADB

tetradic

#DBDB8A #8ADBB3 #8A8ADB #DB8AB3

square

#DBDB8A #8ADBB3 #8A8ADB #DB8AB3

split-complementary

#DBDB8A #8AB2DB #B28ADB

monochromatic

#B3B337 #CDCD5B #DBDB8A #E9E9B9 #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DBDB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#DBDB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB8A

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB8A	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.103 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6ad',
    500: '#dbdb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb8a;
$custom-light: #e7e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87329,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB8A

secondary

#5757B2

accent

#25C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB8A

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

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