#DBDB99#DBDB99

#DBDB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.085 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB99
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -10.11, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 34.09, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0264 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.085 108)
XYZ	xyz(60.2950, 68.0240, 40.0845)
Luminance	0.6802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB99 #9999DB

analogous

#DBBA99 #DBDB99 #BADB99

triadic

#DBDB99 #99DBDB #DB99DB

tetradic

#DBDB99 #99DBBA #9999DB #DB99BA

square

#DBDB99 #99DBBA #9999DB #DB99BA

split-complementary

#DBDB99 #99BADB #BA99DB

monochromatic

#B8B841 #CBCB6C #DBDB99 #EBEBC6 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DBDB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#DBDB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB99

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB99	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.085 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6b7',
    500: '#dbdb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb99;
$custom-light: #e7e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8759,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.68023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB99

secondary

#6666B3

accent

#2ABB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB99

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

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