#DBC459#DBC459

#DBC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.129 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC459
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -4.66, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 55.70, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0164 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.129 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7586, 55.2635, 17.4425)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC459 #5970DB

analogous

#DB8359 #DBC459 #B1DB59

triadic

#DBC459 #59DBC4 #C459DB

tetradic

#DBC459 #59DB83 #5970DB #DB59B1

square

#DBC459 #59DB83 #5970DB #DB59B1

split-complementary

#DBC459 #59B1DB #8359DB

monochromatic

#998321 #CBAF2C #DBC459 #E6D68B #F1E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DBC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DBC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC459

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC459	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.129 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d58c',
    500: '#dbc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc459;
$custom-light: #e9d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81906,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC459

secondary

#3B4D9D

accent

#39CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC459

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

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