#DBBA40#DBBA40

#DBBA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.141 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBA40
RGB	rgb(219, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -0.96, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 63.19, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0087 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.141 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7002, 50.5507, 12.0943)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBA40 #4061DB

analogous

#DB6C40 #DBBA40 #AEDB40

triadic

#DBBA40 #40DBBA #BA40DB

tetradic

#DBBA40 #40DB6C #4061DB #DB40AE

square

#DBBA40 #40DB6C #4061DB #DB40AE

split-complementary

#DBBA40 #40AEDB #6C40DB

monochromatic

#877019 #BB9A23 #DBBA40 #E5CD73 #EEDFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DBBA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#DBBA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBA40

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBA40	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.141 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eace7c',
    500: '#dbba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbba40;
$custom-light: #eace7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.226,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79636,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBA40

secondary

#32458D

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBA40

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

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