#DBC659#DBC659

#DBC659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC659
RGB	rgb(219, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -5.68, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 56.37, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0193 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2127, 56.1717, 17.5939)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC659 #596EDB

analogous

#DB8559 #DBC659 #AFDB59

triadic

#DBC659 #59DBC6 #C659DB

tetradic

#DBC659 #59DB85 #596EDB #DB59AF

square

#DBC659 #59DB85 #596EDB #DB59AF

split-complementary

#DBC659 #59AFDB #8559DB

monochromatic

#998521 #CBB12C #DBC659 #E6D78B #F1E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DBC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC659

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC659	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d78c',
    500: '#dbc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc659;
$custom-light: #e9d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82317,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC659

secondary

#3B4B9D

accent

#36CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC659

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

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