#DBC859#DBC859

#DBC859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC859
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -6.71, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 57.06, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0223 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6729, 57.0920, 17.7473)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC859 #596CDB

analogous

#DB8759 #DBC859 #ADDB59

triadic

#DBC859 #59DBC8 #C859DB

tetradic

#DBC859 #59DB87 #596CDB #DB59AD

square

#DBC859 #59DB87 #596CDB #DB59AD

split-complementary

#DBC859 #59ADDB #8759DB

monochromatic

#998721 #CBB42C #DBC859 #E6D98B #F1E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#DBC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC859

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC859	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d88c',
    500: '#dbc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc859;
$custom-light: #e9d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82729,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC859

secondary

#3B4A9D

accent

#33CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC859

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

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