#DBB842#DBB842

#DBB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.138 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB842
RGB	rgb(219, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, 0.18, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 61.88, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0052 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.138 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3398, 49.7371, 12.2600)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB842 #4265DB

analogous

#DB6C42 #DBB842 #B1DB42

triadic

#DBB842 #42DBB8 #B842DB

tetradic

#DBB842 #42DB6C #4265DB #DB42B1

square

#DBB842 #42DB6C #4265DB #DB42B1

split-complementary

#DBB842 #42B1DB #6C42DB

monochromatic

#896F1A #BC9924 #DBB842 #E5CB75 #EFDFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DBB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#DBB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB842

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB842	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.138 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd7d',
    500: '#dbb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb842;
$custom-light: #eacd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.275,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79247,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB842

secondary

#9DABDC

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB842

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

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