#DBBF38#DBBF38

#DBBF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.149 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBF38
RGB	rgb(219, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -3.92, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 67.48, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.018 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.149 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5605, 52.6098, 11.3375)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBF38 #3854DB

analogous

#DB6E38 #DBBF38 #A6DB38

triadic

#DBBF38 #38DBBF #BF38DB

tetradic

#DBBF38 #38DB6E #3854DB #DB38A6

square

#DBBF38 #38DB6E #3854DB #DB38A6

split-complementary

#DBBF38 #38A6DB #6E38DB

monochromatic

#816F17 #B59C21 #DBBF38 #E4D06C #EEE0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DBBF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#DBBF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBF38

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBF38	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)

#D3BB1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.149 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead178',
    500: '#dbbf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbf38;
$custom-light: #ead178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.693,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80599,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBF38

secondary

#2F3E88

accent

#5AEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBF38

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

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