#DBCA59#DBCA59

#DBCA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCA59
RGB	rgb(219, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -7.73, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 57.77, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0252 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1391, 58.0245, 17.9027)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCA59 #596ADB

analogous

#DB8959 #DBCA59 #ABDB59

triadic

#DBCA59 #59DBCA #CA59DB

tetradic

#DBCA59 #59DB89 #596ADB #DB59AB

square

#DBCA59 #59DB89 #596ADB #DB59AB

split-complementary

#DBCA59 #59ABDB #8959DB

monochromatic

#998921 #CBB62C #DBCA59 #E6DA8B #F1EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DBCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCA59

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCA59	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d98c',
    500: '#dbca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbca59;
$custom-light: #e9d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83143,
    "c": 0.13429,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCA59

secondary

#3B489D

accent

#31CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCA59

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

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