#DBBD2C#DBBD2C

#DBBD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.154 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBD2C
RGB	rgb(219, 189, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 79.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -3.33, 70.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 70.82, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0174 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.154 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8683, 51.6398, 9.8285)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBD2C #2C4ADB

analogous

#DB662C #DBBD2C #A2DB2C

triadic

#DBBD2C #2CDBBD #BD2CDB

tetradic

#DBBD2C #2CDB66 #2C4ADB #DB2CA2

square

#DBBD2C #2CDB66 #2C4ADB #DB2CA2

split-complementary

#DBBD2C #2CA2DB #662CDB

monochromatic

#786714 #AC941D #DBBD2C #E4CD60 #EDDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DBBD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#DBBD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBD2C

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBD2C	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 189, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.154 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd072',
    500: '#dbbd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbd2c;
$custom-light: #ebd072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 70.85,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80121,
    "c": 0.15388,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBD2C

secondary

#2B3A80

accent

#59EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBD2C

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

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