#DBBF59#DBBF59

#DBBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.125 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBF59
RGB	rgb(219, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -2.07, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 54.09, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0089 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.125 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6495, 53.0454, 17.0728)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBF59 #5975DB

analogous

#DB7E59 #DBBF59 #B6DB59

triadic

#DBBF59 #59DBBF #BF59DB

tetradic

#DBBF59 #59DB7E #5975DB #DB59B6

square

#DBBF59 #59DB7E #5975DB #DB59B6

split-complementary

#DBBF59 #59B6DB #7E59DB

monochromatic

#997F21 #CBA92C #DBBF59 #E6D28B #F1E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DBBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#DBBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBF59

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBF59	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.125 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d28b',
    500: '#dbbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbf59;
$custom-light: #e9d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80885,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBF59

secondary

#3B509D

accent

#40CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBF59

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

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