#DBCC59#DBCC59

#DBCC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.136 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCC59
RGB	rgb(219, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -8.75, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 58.49, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0281 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.136 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6114, 58.9691, 18.0601)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCC59 #5968DB

analogous

#DB8B59 #DBCC59 #A9DB59

triadic

#DBCC59 #59DBCC #CC59DB

tetradic

#DBCC59 #59DB8B #5968DB #DB59A9

square

#DBCC59 #59DB8B #5968DB #DB59A9

split-complementary

#DBCC59 #59A9DB #8B59DB

monochromatic

#998B21 #CBB82C #DBCC59 #E6DB8B #F1EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DBCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DBCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCC59

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCC59	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.136 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db8c',
    500: '#dbcc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcc59;
$custom-light: #e9db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83557,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCC59

secondary

#3B479D

accent

#2ECC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCC59

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

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