#DBB740#DBB740

#DBB740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.139 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB740
RGB	rgb(219, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, 0.61, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 62.41, 89.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0042 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.139 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0749, 49.3000, 11.8858)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB740 #4064DB

analogous

#DB6A40 #DBB740 #B1DB40

triadic

#DBB740 #40DBB7 #B740DB

tetradic

#DBB740 #40DB6A #4064DB #DB40B1

square

#DBB740 #40DB6A #4064DB #DB40B1

split-complementary

#DBB740 #40B1DB #6A40DB

monochromatic

#876E19 #BB9723 #DBB740 #E5CA73 #EEDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DBB740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#DBB740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB740

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB740	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.139 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacc7c',
    500: '#dbb740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb740;
$custom-light: #eacc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.065,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79029,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB740

secondary

#9BAADC

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB740

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

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