#DBB542#DBB542

#DBB542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB542
RGB	rgb(219, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, 1.76, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 61.13, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0006 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.137 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7232, 48.5040, 12.0544)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB542 #4268DB

analogous

#DB6842 #DBB542 #B4DB42

triadic

#DBB542 #42DBB5 #B542DB

tetradic

#DBB542 #42DB68 #4268DB #DB42B4

square

#DBB542 #42DB68 #4268DB #DB42B4

split-complementary

#DBB542 #42B4DB #6842DB

monochromatic

#896D1A #BC9624 #DBB542 #E5C975 #EFDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DBB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#DBB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB542

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB542	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)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca7d',
    500: '#dbb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb542;
$custom-light: #eaca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78642,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB542

secondary

#9DACDC

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB542

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

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