#DBBD55#DBBD55

#DBBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.127 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBD55
RGB	rgb(219, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -1.30, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 55.27, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0072 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.127 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0529, 52.1136, 16.0677)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBD55 #5573DB

analogous

#DB7A55 #DBBD55 #B6DB55

triadic

#DBBD55 #55DBBD #BD55DB

tetradic

#DBBD55 #55DB7A #5573DB #DB55B6

square

#DBBD55 #55DB7A #5573DB #DB55B6

split-complementary

#DBBD55 #55B6DB #7A55DB

monochromatic

#967B20 #C8A52A #DBBD55 #E6D188 #F0E4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DBBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#DBBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBD55

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBD55	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)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.127 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d089',
    500: '#dbbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbd55;
$custom-light: #e9d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80436,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBD55

secondary

#3A4F9A

accent

#65E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBD55

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

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