#DBCB59#DBCB59

#DBCB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCB59
RGB	rgb(219, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -8.24, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 58.12, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0267 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3745, 58.4953, 17.9812)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCB59 #5969DB

analogous

#DB8A59 #DBCB59 #AADB59

triadic

#DBCB59 #59DBCB #CB59DB

tetradic

#DBCB59 #59DB8A #5969DB #DB59AA

square

#DBCB59 #59DB8A #5969DB #DB59AA

split-complementary

#DBCB59 #59AADB #8A59DB

monochromatic

#998A21 #CBB72C #DBCB59 #E6DB8B #F1EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DBCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DBCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCB59

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCB59	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da8c',
    500: '#dbcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcb59;
$custom-light: #e9da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8335,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCB59

secondary

#3B479D

accent

#2FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCB59

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

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