#DBC759#DBC759

#DBC759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC759
RGB	rgb(219, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -6.20, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 56.72, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0208 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4420, 56.6304, 17.6703)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC759 #596DDB

analogous

#DB8659 #DBC759 #AEDB59

triadic

#DBC759 #59DBC7 #C759DB

tetradic

#DBC759 #59DB86 #596DDB #DB59AE

square

#DBC759 #59DB86 #596DDB #DB59AE

split-complementary

#DBC759 #59AEDB #8659DB

monochromatic

#998621 #CBB22C #DBC759 #E6D88B #F1E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DBC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DBC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC759

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC759	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d78c',
    500: '#dbc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc759;
$custom-light: #e9d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82523,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC759

secondary

#3B4A9D

accent

#35CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC759

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

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