#DBB540#DBB540

#DBB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.138 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB540
RGB	rgb(219, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, 1.66, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 61.92, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0012 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.138 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6653, 48.4808, 11.7493)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB540 #4066DB

analogous

#DB6740 #DBB540 #B4DB40

triadic

#DBB540 #40DBB5 #B540DB

tetradic

#DBB540 #40DB67 #4066DB #DB40B4

square

#DBB540 #40DB67 #4066DB #DB40B4

split-complementary

#DBB540 #40B4DB #6740DB

monochromatic

#876C19 #BB9523 #DBB540 #E5C973 #EEDDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DBB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#DBB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB540

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB540	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.138 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca7c',
    500: '#dbb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb540;
$custom-light: #eaca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78626,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB540

secondary

#9BABDC

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB540

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

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