#DBC259#DBC259

#DBC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.128 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC259
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -3.62, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 55.04, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0134 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.128 96)
XYZ	xyz(50.3105, 54.3672, 17.2931)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC259 #5972DB

analogous

#DB8159 #DBC259 #B3DB59

triadic

#DBC259 #59DBC2 #C259DB

tetradic

#DBC259 #59DB81 #5972DB #DB59B3

square

#DBC259 #59DB81 #5972DB #DB59B3

split-complementary

#DBC259 #59B3DB #8159DB

monochromatic

#998221 #CBAC2C #DBC259 #E6D48B #F1E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DBC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC259

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC259	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.128 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d48b',
    500: '#dbc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc259;
$custom-light: #e9d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81497,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.54365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC259

secondary

#3B4E9D

accent

#3CCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC259

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

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