#DBC159#DBC159

#DBC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.127 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC159
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -3.10, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 54.72, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0119 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.127 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0886, 53.9236, 17.2192)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC159 #5973DB

analogous

#DB8059 #DBC159 #B4DB59

triadic

#DBC159 #59DBC1 #C159DB

tetradic

#DBC159 #59DB80 #5973DB #DB59B4

square

#DBC159 #59DB80 #5973DB #DB59B4

split-complementary

#DBC159 #59B4DB #8059DB

monochromatic

#998121 #CBAB2C #DBC159 #E6D48B #F1E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#DBC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC159

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC159	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.127 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d38b',
    500: '#dbc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc159;
$custom-light: #e9d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81293,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC159

secondary

#3B4F9D

accent

#3DCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC159

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

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