#DBDEC9#DBDEC9

#DBDEC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.028 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDEC9
RGB	rgb(219, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(69, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(69, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -4.66, 9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 10.99, 115.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0113 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.028 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.8759, 71.5199, 65.5813)
Luminance	0.7152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDEC9 #CCC9DE

analogous

#DED6C9 #DBDEC9 #D0DEC9

triadic

#DBDEC9 #C9DBDE #DEC9DB

tetradic

#DBDEC9 #C9DED6 #CCC9DE #DEC9D0

square

#DBDEC9 #C9DED6 #CCC9DE #DEC9D0

split-complementary

#DBDEC9 #C9D0DE #D6C9DE

monochromatic

#A8B07D #C2C7A3 #DBDEC9 #F2F3EC #F2F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DBDEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#DBDEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDEC9

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDEC9	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2DCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1DCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEDBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.028 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e8d9',
    500: '#dbdec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdec9;
$custom-light: #e6e8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8926,
    "c": 0.0283,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDEC9

secondary

#9B96B5

accent

#43A351

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#151614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDEC9

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

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