#DBDEB9#DBDEB9

#DBDEB9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.049 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDEB9
RGB	rgb(219, 222, 185)
HSL	hsl(65, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(65, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 16.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -7.20, 17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 19.24, 111.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.87% -0.0178 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(88.87% 0.049 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.0909, 70.8059, 56.1801)
Luminance	0.7080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDEB9 #BCB9DE

analogous

#DECFB9 #DBDEB9 #C9DEB9

triadic

#DBDEB9 #B9DBDE #DEB9DB

tetradic

#DBDEB9 #B9DECF #BCB9DE #DEB9C9

square

#DBDEB9 #B9DECF #BCB9DE #DEB9C9

split-complementary

#DBDEB9 #B9C9DE #CFB9DE

monochromatic

#B0B766 #C6CA8F #DBDEB9 #F0F2E3 #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DBDEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#DBDEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDEB9

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDEB9	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DAB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 222, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.049 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e8ce',
    500: '#dbdeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdeb9;
$custom-light: #e6e8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88872,
    "c": 0.0492,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDEB9

secondary

#8985B6

accent

#37AF40

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161613

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDEB9

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

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