#DBC059#DBC059

#DBC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.126 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC059
RGB	rgb(219, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -2.59, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 54.40, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0104 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.126 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8683, 53.4830, 17.1458)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC059 #5974DB

analogous

#DB7F59 #DBC059 #B5DB59

triadic

#DBC059 #59DBC0 #C059DB

tetradic

#DBC059 #59DB7F #5974DB #DB59B5

square

#DBC059 #59DB7F #5974DB #DB59B5

split-complementary

#DBC059 #59B5DB #7F59DB

monochromatic

#998021 #CBAA2C #DBC059 #E6D38B #F1E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DBC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#DBC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC059

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC059	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.126 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d28b',
    500: '#dbc059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc059;
$custom-light: #e9d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81089,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC059

secondary

#3B509D

accent

#3ECC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC059

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

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