#DBB940#DBB940

#DBB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.140 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB940
RGB	rgb(219, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -0.44, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 62.93, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0072 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.14 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4903, 50.1309, 12.0243)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB940 #4062DB

analogous

#DB6C40 #DBB940 #AFDB40

triadic

#DBB940 #40DBB9 #B940DB

tetradic

#DBB940 #40DB6C #4062DB #DB40AF

square

#DBB940 #40DB6C #4062DB #DB40AF

split-complementary

#DBB940 #40AFDB #6C40DB

monochromatic

#876F19 #BB9923 #DBB940 #E5CC73 #EEDFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DBB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#DBB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB940

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB940	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.140 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd7c',
    500: '#dbb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb940;
$custom-light: #eacd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79433,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB940

secondary

#32468D

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB940

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

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