#DBBE38#DBBE38

#DBBE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.148 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBE38
RGB	rgb(219, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -3.40, 67.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 67.21, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0165 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.148 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3432, 52.1751, 11.2651)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBE38 #3855DB

analogous

#DB6D38 #DBBE38 #A7DB38

triadic

#DBBE38 #38DBBE #BE38DB

tetradic

#DBBE38 #38DB6D #3855DB #DB38A7

square

#DBBE38 #38DB6D #3855DB #DB38A7

split-complementary

#DBBE38 #38A7DB #6D38DB

monochromatic

#816E17 #B59B21 #DBBE38 #E4CF6C #EEE0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DBBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#DBBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBE38

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBE38	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)

#D2BA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.148 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead178',
    500: '#dbbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbe38;
$custom-light: #ead178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.325,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80394,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBE38

secondary

#2F3F88

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBE38

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

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