#DBBE42#DBBE42

#DBBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.142 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBE42
RGB	rgb(219, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -2.94, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 63.51, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0141 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.142 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6127, 52.2829, 12.6843)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBE42 #425FDB

analogous

#DB7142 #DBBE42 #ACDB42

triadic

#DBBE42 #42DBBE #BE42DB

tetradic

#DBBE42 #42DB71 #425FDB #DB42AC

square

#DBBE42 #42DB71 #425FDB #DB42AC

split-complementary

#DBBE42 #42ACDB #7142DB

monochromatic

#89741A #BC9F24 #DBBE42 #E5D075 #EFE1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DBBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#DBBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBE42

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBE42	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.142 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead17d',
    500: '#dbbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbe42;
$custom-light: #ead17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.627,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80465,
    "c": 0.14225,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBE42

secondary

#33448F

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBE42

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

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