#DBBB38#DBBB38

#DBBB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.146 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBB38
RGB	rgb(219, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -1.85, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 66.41, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0121 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.146 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7001, 50.8889, 11.0507)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBB38 #3858DB

analogous

#DB6A38 #DBBB38 #AADB38

triadic

#DBBB38 #38DBBB #BB38DB

tetradic

#DBBB38 #38DB6A #3858DB #DB38AA

square

#DBBB38 #38DB6A #3858DB #DB38AA

split-complementary

#DBBB38 #38AADB #6A38DB

monochromatic

#816C17 #B59821 #DBBB38 #E4CD6C #EEDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DBBB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#DBBB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBB38

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBB38	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.146 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf78',
    500: '#dbbb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbb38;
$custom-light: #eacf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.221,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79782,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBB38

secondary

#2F4188

accent

#5EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBB38

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

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