#DBBA38#DBBA38

#DBBA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.146 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBA38
RGB	rgb(219, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -1.33, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 66.15, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0106 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.146 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4887, 50.4661, 10.9802)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBA38 #3859DB

analogous

#DB6938 #DBBA38 #ABDB38

triadic

#DBBA38 #38DBBA #BA38DB

tetradic

#DBBA38 #38DB69 #3859DB #DB38AB

square

#DBBA38 #38DB69 #3859DB #DB38AB

split-complementary

#DBBA38 #38ABDB #6938DB

monochromatic

#816C17 #B59721 #DBBA38 #E4CC6C #EEDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DBBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#DBBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBA38

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBA38	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.146 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eace78',
    500: '#dbba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbba38;
$custom-light: #eace78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.853,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79579,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBA38

secondary

#2F4188

accent

#5FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBA38

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

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