#DBB938#DBB938

#DBB938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.145 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB938
RGB	rgb(219, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -0.80, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 65.90, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0091 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.145 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2788, 50.0463, 10.9103)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB938 #385ADB

analogous

#DB6838 #DBB938 #ACDB38

triadic

#DBB938 #38DBB9 #B938DB

tetradic

#DBB938 #38DB68 #385ADB #DB38AC

square

#DBB938 #38DB68 #385ADB #DB38AC

split-complementary

#DBB938 #38ACDB #6838DB

monochromatic

#816B17 #B59621 #DBB938 #E4CB6C #EEDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DBB938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#DBB938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB938

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB938	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.145 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd78',
    500: '#dbb938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb938;
$custom-light: #eacd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.485,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79376,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB938

secondary

#2F4288

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB938

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

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