#DBBD38#DBBD38

#DBBD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.148 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBD38
RGB	rgb(219, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -2.89, 66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 66.94, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.015 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.148 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1274, 51.7434, 11.1931)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBD38 #3856DB

analogous

#DB6C38 #DBBD38 #A8DB38

triadic

#DBBD38 #38DBBD #BD38DB

tetradic

#DBBD38 #38DB6C #3856DB #DB38A8

square

#DBBD38 #38DB6C #3856DB #DB38A8

split-complementary

#DBBD38 #38A8DB #6C38DB

monochromatic

#816E17 #B59A21 #DBBD38 #E4CE6C #EEDFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DBBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#DBBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBD38

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBD38	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.148 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead078',
    500: '#dbbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbd38;
$custom-light: #ead078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.957,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8019,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBD38

secondary

#2F3F88

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBD38

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

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