#DBC359#DBC359

#DBC359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.128 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC359
RGB	rgb(219, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -4.14, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 55.37, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0149 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.128 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5338, 54.8139, 17.3676)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC359 #5971DB

analogous

#DB8259 #DBC359 #B2DB59

triadic

#DBC359 #59DBC3 #C359DB

tetradic

#DBC359 #59DB82 #5971DB #DB59B2

square

#DBC359 #59DB82 #5971DB #DB59B2

split-complementary

#DBC359 #59B2DB #8259DB

monochromatic

#998221 #CBAD2C #DBC359 #E6D58B #F1E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DBC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#DBC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC359

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC359	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.128 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d48b',
    500: '#dbc359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc359;
$custom-light: #e9d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81702,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC359

secondary

#3B4D9D

accent

#3ACC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC359

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

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