HEX atlas value

#DBDBB3

#DBDBB3 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Oat. RGB 219, 219, 179, HSL 60° 36% 78%, luminance 0.6898; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm balanced

#DBDBB3 Sample readable text

HEX #DBDBB3

RGB rgb(219, 219, 179)

HSL hsl(60 36% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 18, 14)

Luminance 0.6898

Contrast Black 14.8:1White 1.42:1

CSS

--color-dbdbb3: #DBDBB3;
.background-dbdbb3 { background-color: #DBDBB3; }
.text-dbdbb3 { color: #DBDBB3; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DBDBB3

#DBDBB3 is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #DBDBB3 is visually closest to Oat, a named orange color with HEX #D8CAB8.

The RGB channels are 219, 219, and 179, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 60deg with 36% saturation and 78% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.6898, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 17.97, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.8:1AA Pass

White text1.42:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DBDBB3 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.8:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.42:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F8F8F1#F8F8F1 · #000000 text · best 19.69:1 Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA · #000000 text · best 16.76:1 #E7E7A6#E7E7A6 · #000000 text · best 16.38:1 Bone#E3DAC9 · #000000 text · best 15.14:1 #C7DBB3#C7DBB3 · #000000 text · best 14.21:1

Generated Palette

#DBDBB3#DBDBB3

#B3B3DB#B3B3DB

#DBC7B3#DBC7B3

#C7DBB3#C7DBB3

#F8F8F1#F8F8F1

#BEBE74#BEBE74

Color Harmonies

#B3B3DB#B3B3DB

#DBC7B3#DBC7B3

#C7DBB3#C7DBB3

#B3DBDB#B3DBDB

#DBB3DB#DBB3DB

Variants

#F8F8F1#F8F8F1

#BEBE74#BEBE74

#E7E7A6#E7E7A6

#CFCFBF#CFCFBF

White#FFFFFF

#FFFFB8#FFFFB8

Nearest Named Colors

Oat#D8CAB8

Limestone#D8D2C4

Mica#D8C7B0

Bone#E3DAC9

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Luminance0.6898

Black text14.8:1AA Pass

White text1.42:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DBDBB3","rgb":[219,219,179],"hsl":[60,36,78],"cmyk":[0,0,18,14],"luminance":0.6898,"contrast":{"black":14.8,"white":1.42}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.8,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.42,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F8F8F1","hex":"#F8F8F1","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.69,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.76,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E7E7A6","hex":"#E7E7A6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.38,"contrastWhite":1.28,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.14,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C7DBB3","hex":"#C7DBB3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.21,"contrastWhite":1.48,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Oat adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dbdbb3.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/oat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/limestone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mica.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B3B3DB","analogous":["#DBC7B3","#C7DBB3"],"triadic":["#B3DBDB","#DBB3DB"],"tetradic":["#B3DBC7","#B3B3DB","#DBB3C7"],"splitComplementary":["#B3C7DB","#C7B3DB"],"monochromatic":["#F8F8F1","#DBDBB3","#BEBE74"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F8F8F1","dark":"#BEBE74","saturated":"#E7E7A6","desaturated":"#CFCFBF","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFB8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":17.97220075561143},{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":19.467922333931785},{"slug":"mica","name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","distance":20.445048300260872},{"slug":"bone","name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","distance":23.430749027719962},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":24.71841418861655}]

#DBDBB3

CSS

About #DBDBB3

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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