#DBDB8B#DBDB8B

#DBDB8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.102 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB8B
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 139)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -11.78, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 41.09, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.032 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.102 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.2058, 67.5883, 34.3481)
Luminance	0.6759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB8B #8B8BDB

analogous

#DBB38B #DBDB8B #B3DB8B

triadic

#DBDB8B #8BDBDB #DB8BDB

tetradic

#DBDB8B #8BDBB3 #8B8BDB #DB8BB3

square

#DBDB8B #8BDBB3 #8B8BDB #DB8BB3

split-complementary

#DBDB8B #8BB3DB #B38BDB

monochromatic

#B4B438 #CDCD5C #DBDB8B #E9E9BA #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DBDB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DBDB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB8B

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB8B	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.102 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6ae',
    500: '#dbdb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb8b;
$custom-light: #e7e6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87346,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB8B

secondary

#5858B2

accent

#25C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB8B

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

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