#DBB942#DBB942

#DBB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.139 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB942
RGB	rgb(219, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -0.34, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 62.15, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0067 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.139 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5482, 50.1540, 12.3294)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB942 #4264DB

analogous

#DB6C42 #DBB942 #B0DB42

triadic

#DBB942 #42DBB9 #B942DB

tetradic

#DBB942 #42DB6C #4264DB #DB42B0

square

#DBB942 #42DB6C #4264DB #DB42B0

split-complementary

#DBB942 #42B0DB #6C42DB

monochromatic

#89701A #BC9A24 #DBB942 #E5CC75 #EFDFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DBB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#DBB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB942

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB942	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)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.139 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd7d',
    500: '#dbb942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb942;
$custom-light: #eacd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79449,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB942

secondary

#33478F

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB942

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

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