#DBBD57#DBBD57

#DBBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.126 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBD57
RGB	rgb(219, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -1.17, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 54.38, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0065 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.126 93)
XYZ	xyz(49.1335, 52.1459, 16.4921)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBD57 #5775DB

analogous

#DB7B57 #DBBD57 #B7DB57

triadic

#DBBD57 #57DBBD #BD57DB

tetradic

#DBBD57 #57DB7B #5775DB #DB57B7

square

#DBBD57 #57DB7B #5775DB #DB57B7

split-complementary

#DBBD57 #57B7DB #7B57DB

monochromatic

#977C20 #CAA62B #DBBD57 #E6D189 #F1E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DBBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#DBBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBD57

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBD57	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)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.126 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d08a',
    500: '#dbbd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbd57;
$custom-light: #e9d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80457,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.52143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBD57

secondary

#3B519C

accent

#66E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBD57

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

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