#DBBE55#DBBE55

#DBBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.128 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBE55
RGB	rgb(219, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -1.82, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 55.57, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0087 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.128 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2688, 52.5453, 16.1397)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBE55 #5572DB

analogous

#DB7B55 #DBBE55 #B5DB55

triadic

#DBBE55 #55DBBE #BE55DB

tetradic

#DBBE55 #55DB7B #5572DB #DB55B5

square

#DBBE55 #55DB7B #5572DB #DB55B5

split-complementary

#DBBE55 #55B5DB #7B55DB

monochromatic

#967C20 #C8A62A #DBBE55 #E6D188 #F0E5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DBBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#DBBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBE55

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBE55	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.128 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d189',
    500: '#dbbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbe55;
$custom-light: #e9d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80639,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBE55

secondary

#3A4F9A

accent

#64E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBE55

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

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