#DBBD56#DBBD56

#DBBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.127 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBD56
RGB	rgb(219, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -1.23, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 54.83, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0069 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.127 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0929, 52.1296, 16.2785)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBD56 #5674DB

analogous

#DB7A56 #DBBD56 #B7DB56

triadic

#DBBD56 #56DBBD #BD56DB

tetradic

#DBBD56 #56DB7A #5674DB #DB56B7

square

#DBBD56 #56DB7A #5674DB #DB56B7

split-complementary

#DBBD56 #56B7DB #7A56DB

monochromatic

#977C20 #C9A52B #DBBD56 #E6D188 #F0E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DBBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#DBBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBD56

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBD56	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.127 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d089',
    500: '#dbbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbd56;
$custom-light: #e9d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80446,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBD56

secondary

#3A509B

accent

#66E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBD56

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

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