#DBBC59#DBBC59

#DBBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.123 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBC59
RGB	rgb(219, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -0.50, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 53.18, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0044 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.123 92)
XYZ	xyz(49.0020, 51.7503, 16.8570)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBC59 #5978DB

analogous

#DB7B59 #DBBC59 #B9DB59

triadic

#DBBC59 #59DBBC #BC59DB

tetradic

#DBBC59 #59DB7B #5978DB #DB59B9

square

#DBBC59 #59DB7B #5978DB #DB59B9

split-complementary

#DBBC59 #59B9DB #7B59DB

monochromatic

#997C21 #CBA52C #DBBC59 #E6D08B #F1E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DBBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#DBBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBC59

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBC59	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.123 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf8b',
    500: '#dbbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbc59;
$custom-light: #e9cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80277,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.51748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBC59

secondary

#3B539D

accent

#44CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBC59

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

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