#DBB232#DBB232

#DBB232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.145 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB232
RGB	rgb(219, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 77.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, 2.62, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 66.35, 87.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.0001 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.145 90)
XYZ	xyz(45.7123, 47.1341, 9.7071)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB232 #325BDB

analogous

#DB5E32 #DBB232 #AFDB32

triadic

#DBB232 #32DBB2 #B232DB

tetradic

#DBB232 #32DB5E #325BDB #DB32AF

square

#DBB232 #32DB5E #325BDB #DB32AF

split-complementary

#DBB232 #32AFDB #5E32DB

monochromatic

#7D6416 #B18D1F #DBB232 #E4C666 #EDD99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DBB232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#DBB232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB232

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB232	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.145 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc874',
    500: '#dbb232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb232;
$custom-light: #ebc874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.444,
    "s": 70.124,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77927,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.47131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB232

secondary

#90A2D9

accent

#66ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB232

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

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