#DBB840#DBB840

#DBB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.140 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB840
RGB	rgb(219, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, 0.08, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 62.67, 89.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0057 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.14 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2818, 49.7140, 11.9548)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB840 #4063DB

analogous

#DB6B40 #DBB840 #B0DB40

triadic

#DBB840 #40DBB8 #B840DB

tetradic

#DBB840 #40DB6B #4063DB #DB40B0

square

#DBB840 #40DB6B #4063DB #DB40B0

split-complementary

#DBB840 #40B0DB #6B40DB

monochromatic

#876E19 #BB9823 #DBB840 #E5CB73 #EEDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DBB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#DBB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB840

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB840	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.140 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacc7c',
    500: '#dbb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb840;
$custom-light: #eacc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79231,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB840

secondary

#9BAADC

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB840

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

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