#DBB838#DBB838

#DBB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.145 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB838
RGB	rgb(219, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -0.28, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 65.65, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0076 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.145 93)
XYZ	xyz(47.0703, 49.6293, 10.8408)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB838 #385BDB

analogous

#DB6738 #DBB838 #ACDB38

triadic

#DBB838 #38DBB8 #B838DB

tetradic

#DBB838 #38DB67 #385BDB #DB38AC

square

#DBB838 #38DB67 #385BDB #DB38AC

split-complementary

#DBB838 #38ACDB #6738DB

monochromatic

#816A17 #B59521 #DBB838 #E4CA6C #EEDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DBB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#DBB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB838

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB838	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.145 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc77',
    500: '#dbb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb838;
$custom-light: #ebcc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.117,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79173,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.49627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB838

secondary

#95A4DA

accent

#62EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB838

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

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