#DBDB8D#DBDB8D

#DBDB8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.099 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB8D
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 141)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -11.55, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 40.10, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0312 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.099 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3533, 67.6473, 35.1247)
Luminance	0.6765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB8D #8D8DDB

analogous

#DBB48D #DBDB8D #B4DB8D

triadic

#DBDB8D #8DDBDB #DB8DDB

tetradic

#DBDB8D #8DDBB4 #8D8DDB #DB8DB4

square

#DBDB8D #8DDBB4 #8D8DDB #DB8DB4

split-complementary

#DBDB8D #8DB4DB #B48DDB

monochromatic

#B5B539 #CCCC5E #DBDB8D #EAEABC #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DBDB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DBDB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB8D

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB8D	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.099 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6af',
    500: '#dbdb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb8d;
$custom-light: #e7e6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87379,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB8D

secondary

#5A5AB2

accent

#26BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB8D

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

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