#DBB42E#DBB42E

#DBB42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.148 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB42E
RGB	rgb(219, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 79%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, 1.43, 68.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 68.09, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0037 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.148 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0306, 47.9028, 9.4059)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB42E #2E55DB

analogous

#DB5E2E #DBB42E #ACDB2E

triadic

#DBB42E #2EDBB4 #B42EDB

tetradic

#DBB42E #2EDB5E #2E55DB #DB2EAC

square

#DBB42E #2EDB5E #2E55DB #DB2EAC

split-complementary

#DBB42E #2EACDB #5E2EDB

monochromatic

#7A6315 #AE8D1E #DBB42E #E4C762 #EDD996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DBB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#DBB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB42E

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB42E	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.148 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca72',
    500: '#dbb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb42e;
$custom-light: #ebca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.474,
    "s": 70.612,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78305,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB42E

secondary

#8D9ED8

accent

#63ED3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB42E

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

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