#DBBD59#DBBD59

#DBBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.124 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBD59
RGB	rgb(219, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -1.03, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 53.48, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0059 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.124 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2163, 52.1790, 16.9284)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBD59 #5977DB

analogous

#DB7C59 #DBBD59 #B8DB59

triadic

#DBBD59 #59DBBD #BD59DB

tetradic

#DBBD59 #59DB7C #5977DB #DB59B8

square

#DBBD59 #59DB7C #5977DB #DB59B8

split-complementary

#DBBD59 #59B8DB #7C59DB

monochromatic

#997D21 #CBA62C #DBBD59 #E6D18B #F1E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DBBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#DBBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBD59

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBD59	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.124 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d08b',
    500: '#dbbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbd59;
$custom-light: #e9d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80479,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBD59

secondary

#3B529D

accent

#43CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBD59

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

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