#DBBE59#DBBE59

#DBBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.125 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBE59
RGB	rgb(219, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -1.55, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 53.78, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0074 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.125 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4322, 52.6107, 17.0004)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBE59 #5976DB

analogous

#DB7D59 #DBBE59 #B7DB59

triadic

#DBBE59 #59DBBE #BE59DB

tetradic

#DBBE59 #59DB7D #5976DB #DB59B7

square

#DBBE59 #59DB7D #5976DB #DB59B7

split-complementary

#DBBE59 #59B7DB #7D59DB

monochromatic

#997E21 #CBA72C #DBBE59 #E6D28B #F1E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DBBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#DBBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBE59

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBE59	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)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.125 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d18b',
    500: '#dbbe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbe59;
$custom-light: #e9d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80682,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBE59

secondary

#3B519D

accent

#41CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBE59

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

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