#DBDB96#DBDB96

#DBDB96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.089 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB96
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.97, -10.49, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.97, 35.60, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0276 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.089 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.0504, 67.9261, 38.7959)
Luminance	0.6793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB96 #9696DB

analogous

#DBB996 #DBDB96 #B9DB96

triadic

#DBDB96 #96DBDB #DB96DB

tetradic

#DBDB96 #96DBB9 #9696DB #DB96B9

square

#DBDB96 #96DBB9 #9696DB #DB96B9

split-complementary

#DBDB96 #96B9DB #B996DB

monochromatic

#B8B83F #CBCB68 #DBDB96 #EBEBC4 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DBDB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#DBDB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB96

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB96	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.089 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6b5',
    500: '#dbdb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb96;
$custom-light: #e7e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87535,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB96

secondary

#6363B2

accent

#29BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB96

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

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