#DBBE57#DBBE57

#DBBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.126 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBE57
RGB	rgb(219, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -1.69, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 54.68, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.008 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.126 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3493, 52.5776, 16.5641)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBE57 #5774DB

analogous

#DB7C57 #DBBE57 #B6DB57

triadic

#DBBE57 #57DBBE #BE57DB

tetradic

#DBBE57 #57DB7C #5774DB #DB57B6

square

#DBBE57 #57DB7C #5774DB #DB57B6

split-complementary

#DBBE57 #57B6DB #7C57DB

monochromatic

#977D20 #CAA72B #DBBE57 #E6D189 #F1E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DBBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#DBBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBE57

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBE57	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.126 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d18a',
    500: '#dbbe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbe57;
$custom-light: #e9d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8066,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBE57

secondary

#3B509C

accent

#65E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBE57

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

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