#DBC959#DBC959

#DBC959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC959
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -7.22, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 57.41, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0237 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9052, 57.5567, 17.8247)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC959 #596BDB

analogous

#DB8859 #DBC959 #ACDB59

triadic

#DBC959 #59DBC9 #C959DB

tetradic

#DBC959 #59DB88 #596BDB #DB59AC

square

#DBC959 #59DB88 #596BDB #DB59AC

split-complementary

#DBC959 #59ACDB #8859DB

monochromatic

#998821 #CBB52C #DBC959 #E6D98B #F1EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DBC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC959

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC959	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d98c',
    500: '#dbc959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc959;
$custom-light: #e9d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82936,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC959

secondary

#3B499D

accent

#32CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC959

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

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