#DBBC42#DBBC42

#DBBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.141 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBC42
RGB	rgb(219, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -1.90, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 62.95, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0111 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.141 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1825, 51.4225, 12.5409)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBC42 #4261DB

analogous

#DB6F42 #DBBC42 #ADDB42

triadic

#DBBC42 #42DBBC #BC42DB

tetradic

#DBBC42 #42DB6F #4261DB #DB42AD

square

#DBBC42 #42DB6F #4261DB #DB42AD

split-complementary

#DBBC42 #42ADDB #6F42DB

monochromatic

#89721A #BC9D24 #DBBC42 #E5CE75 #EFE0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DBBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#DBBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBC42

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBC42	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.141 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf7d',
    500: '#dbbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbc42;
$custom-light: #eacf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.843,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80058,
    "c": 0.14089,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBC42

secondary

#33458F

accent

#60EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBC42

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

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