#DBB642#DBB642

#DBB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.137 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB642
RGB	rgb(219, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, 1.23, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 61.38, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0021 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.137 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9273, 48.9121, 12.1225)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB642 #4267DB

analogous

#DB6942 #DBB642 #B3DB42

triadic

#DBB642 #42DBB6 #B642DB

tetradic

#DBB642 #42DB69 #4267DB #DB42B3

square

#DBB642 #42DB69 #4267DB #DB42B3

split-complementary

#DBB642 #42B3DB #6942DB

monochromatic

#896E1A #BC9724 #DBB642 #E5CA75 #EFDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DBB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#DBB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB642

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB642	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.137 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacb7d',
    500: '#dbb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb642;
$custom-light: #eacb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78844,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB642

secondary

#9DACDC

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB642

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

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