#DBB541#DBB541

#DBB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB541
RGB	rgb(219, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, 1.71, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 61.53, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0009 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.137 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6940, 48.4923, 11.9005)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB541 #4167DB

analogous

#DB6841 #DBB541 #B4DB41

triadic

#DBB541 #41DBB5 #B541DB

tetradic

#DBB541 #41DB68 #4167DB #DB41B4

square

#DBB541 #41DB68 #4167DB #DB41B4

split-complementary

#DBB541 #41B4DB #6841DB

monochromatic

#886D1A #BB9623 #DBB541 #E5C974 #EEDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DBB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#DBB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB541

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB541	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)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca7c',
    500: '#dbb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb541;
$custom-light: #eaca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 68.142,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78634,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB541

secondary

#9CACDC

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB541

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

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