#DBDD99#DBDD99

#DBDD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.088 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDD99
RGB	rgb(219, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(62, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -11.12, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 35.06, 108.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0293 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.088 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8199, 69.0738, 40.2594)
Luminance	0.6907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDD99 #9B99DD

analogous

#DDBD99 #DBDD99 #B9DD99

triadic

#DBDD99 #99DBDD #DD99DB

tetradic

#DBDD99 #99DDBD #9B99DD #DD99B9

square

#DBDD99 #99DDBD #9B99DD #DD99B9

split-complementary

#DBDD99 #99B9DD #BD99DD

monochromatic

#B9BD3F #CBCE6B #DBDD99 #EBECC7 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DBDD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#DBDD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDD99

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDD99	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.088 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e7b7',
    500: '#dbdd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdd99;
$custom-light: #e7e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88005,
    "c": 0.08778,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDD99

secondary

#6865B5

accent

#28BD2D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDD99

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

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