#DBB949#DBB949

#DBB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.134 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB949
RGB	rgb(219, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, 0.04, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 59.31, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0048 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.134 92)
XYZ	xyz(47.7674, 50.2417, 13.4837)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB949 #496BDB

analogous

#DB7049 #DBB949 #B4DB49

triadic

#DBB949 #49DBB9 #B949DB

tetradic

#DBB949 #49DB70 #496BDB #DB49B4

square

#DBB949 #49DB70 #496BDB #DB49B4

split-complementary

#DBB949 #49B4DB #7049DB

monochromatic

#8E731C #C19D26 #DBB949 #E5CD7C #EFE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DBB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#DBB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB949

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB949	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)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.134 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd81',
    500: '#dbb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb949;
$custom-light: #eacd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79509,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.50239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB949

secondary

#354B93

accent

#66EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB949

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

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