#DBB948#DBB948

#DBB948 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.135 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB948
RGB	rgb(219, 185, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -0.02, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 59.72, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.005 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.135 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7345, 50.2286, 13.3104)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB948 #486ADB

analogous

#DB6F48 #DBB948 #B4DB48

triadic

#DBB948 #48DBB9 #B948DB

tetradic

#DBB948 #48DB6F #486ADB #DB48B4

square

#DBB948 #48DB6F #486ADB #DB48B4

split-complementary

#DBB948 #48B4DB #6F48DB

monochromatic

#8D731C #C09C26 #DBB948 #E5CD7B #EFE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DBB948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#DBB948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB948

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB948	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 185, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.135 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd80',
    500: '#dbb948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb948;
$custom-light: #eacd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.795,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB948

secondary

#354A92

accent

#66EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB948

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

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