#DBAB38#DBAB38

#DBAB38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.138 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBAB38
RGB	rgb(219, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 6.57, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 62.83, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0121 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.138 85)
XYZ	xyz(44.4929, 44.4745, 9.9816)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBAB38 #3868DB

analogous

#DB5A38 #DBAB38 #BADB38

triadic

#DBAB38 #38DBAB #AB38DB

tetradic

#DBAB38 #38DB5A #3868DB #DB38BA

square

#DBAB38 #38DB5A #3868DB #DB38BA

split-complementary

#DBAB38 #38BADB #5A38DB

monochromatic

#816217 #B58921 #DBAB38 #E4C16C #EED7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DBAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#DBAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBAB38

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBAB38	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.138 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc376',
    500: '#dbab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbab38;
$custom-light: #ebc376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.331,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76576,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.44471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBAB38

secondary

#95A9DA

accent

#70EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBAB38

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

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