#DBBA57#DBBA57

#DBBA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.124 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBA57
RGB	rgb(219, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 0.40, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 53.51, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.002 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.124 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4948, 50.8686, 16.2792)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBA57 #5778DB

analogous

#DB7857 #DBBA57 #BADB57

triadic

#DBBA57 #57DBBA #BA57DB

tetradic

#DBBA57 #57DB78 #5778DB #DB57BA

square

#DBBA57 #57DB78 #5778DB #DB57BA

split-complementary

#DBBA57 #57BADB #7857DB

monochromatic

#977A20 #CAA22B #DBBA57 #E6CF89 #F1E3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DBBA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#DBBA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBA57

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBA57	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.124 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ce8a',
    500: '#dbba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbba57;
$custom-light: #e9ce8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7985,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBA57

secondary

#3B539C

accent

#6AE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBA57

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

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