#DBBB59#DBBB59

#DBBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.123 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBB59
RGB	rgb(219, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 0.02, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 52.89, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0029 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.123 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7891, 51.3245, 16.7860)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBB59 #5979DB

analogous

#DB7A59 #DBBB59 #BADB59

triadic

#DBBB59 #59DBBB #BB59DB

tetradic

#DBBB59 #59DB7A #5979DB #DB59BA

square

#DBBB59 #59DB7A #5979DB #DB59BA

split-complementary

#DBBB59 #59BADB #7A59DB

monochromatic

#997B21 #CBA42C #DBBB59 #E6D08B #F1E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DBBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#DBBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBB59

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBB59	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.123 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf8b',
    500: '#dbbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbb59;
$custom-light: #e9cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80075,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBB59

secondary

#3B539D

accent

#45CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBB59

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

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