#DBCE59#DBCE59

#DBCE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.138 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCE59
RGB	rgb(219, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -9.77, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 59.22, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.031 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.138 103)
XYZ	xyz(53.0898, 59.9259, 18.2196)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCE59 #5966DB

analogous

#DB8D59 #DBCE59 #A7DB59

triadic

#DBCE59 #59DBCE #CE59DB

tetradic

#DBCE59 #59DB8D #5966DB #DB59A7

square

#DBCE59 #59DB8D #5966DB #DB59A7

split-complementary

#DBCE59 #59A7DB #8D59DB

monochromatic

#998D21 #CBBB2C #DBCE59 #E6DD8B #F1ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DBCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DBCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCE59

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCE59	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.138 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc8c',
    500: '#dbce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbce59;
$custom-light: #e9dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83973,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.59924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCE59

secondary

#3B459D

accent

#2BCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCE59

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

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