#DBB22E#DBB22E

#DBB22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.147 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB22E
RGB	rgb(219, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 79%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, 2.48, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 67.67, 87.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0007 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.147 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6297, 47.1011, 9.2723)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB22E #2E57DB

analogous

#DB5B2E #DBB22E #AEDB2E

triadic

#DBB22E #2EDBB2 #B22EDB

tetradic

#DBB22E #2EDB5B #2E57DB #DB2EAE

square

#DBB22E #2EDB5B #2E57DB #DB2EAE

split-complementary

#DBB22E #2EAEDB #5B2EDB

monochromatic

#7A6215 #AE8C1E #DBB22E #E4C562 #EDD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DBB22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#DBB22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB22E

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB22E	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.147 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc872',
    500: '#dbb22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb22e;
$custom-light: #ebc872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.78,
    "s": 70.612,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77903,
    "c": 0.14656,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB22E

secondary

#8D9ED8

accent

#65ED3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB22E

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

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