#DBBD53#DBBD53

#DBBD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.129 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBD53
RGB	rgb(219, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -1.44, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 56.16, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0078 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.129 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9746, 52.0823, 15.6552)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBD53 #5371DB

analogous

#DB7953 #DBBD53 #B5DB53

triadic

#DBBD53 #53DBBD #BD53DB

tetradic

#DBBD53 #53DB79 #5371DB #DB53B5

square

#DBBD53 #53DB79 #5371DB #DB53B5

split-complementary

#DBBD53 #53B5DB #7953DB

monochromatic

#957B1F #C7A42A #DBBD53 #E6D086 #F0E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DBBD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#DBBD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBD53

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBD53	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.129 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d087',
    500: '#dbbd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbd53;
$custom-light: #e9d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80415,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBD53

secondary

#394E99

accent

#65E83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBD53

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

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