#DBB230#DBB230

#DBB230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.146 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB230
RGB	rgb(219, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 78.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, 2.55, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 67.02, 87.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0003 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.146 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6701, 47.1172, 9.4848)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB230 #3059DB

analogous

#DB5D30 #DBB230 #AEDB30

triadic

#DBB230 #30DBB2 #B230DB

tetradic

#DBB230 #30DB5D #3059DB #DB30AE

square

#DBB230 #30DB5D #3059DB #DB30AE

split-complementary

#DBB230 #30AEDB #5D30DB

monochromatic

#7B6315 #AF8D1E #DBB230 #E4C564 #EDD998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DBB230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#DBB230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB230

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB230	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	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)

#C7B014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.146 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc873',
    500: '#dbb230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb230;
$custom-light: #ebc873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.614,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77915,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB230

secondary

#8EA0D9

accent

#65ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB230

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

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