#DBBD42#DBBD42

#DBBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.142 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBD42
RGB	rgb(219, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -2.42, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 63.23, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0126 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.142 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3968, 51.8512, 12.6123)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBD42 #4260DB

analogous

#DB7042 #DBBD42 #ADDB42

triadic

#DBBD42 #42DBBD #BD42DB

tetradic

#DBBD42 #42DB70 #4260DB #DB42AD

square

#DBBD42 #42DB70 #4260DB #DB42AD

split-complementary

#DBBD42 #42ADDB #7042DB

monochromatic

#89731A #BC9E24 #DBBD42 #E5CF75 #EFE1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DBBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#DBBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBD42

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBD42	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.142 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead07d',
    500: '#dbbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbd42;
$custom-light: #ead07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80261,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBD42

secondary

#33458F

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBD42

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

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