#DBD059#DBD059

#DBD059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.140 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD059
RGB	rgb(219, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -10.78, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 59.96, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0339 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.14 104)
XYZ	xyz(53.5743, 60.8950, 18.3811)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD059 #5964DB

analogous

#DB8F59 #DBD059 #A5DB59

triadic

#DBD059 #59DBD0 #D059DB

tetradic

#DBD059 #59DB8F #5964DB #DB59A5

square

#DBD059 #59DB8F #5964DB #DB59A5

split-complementary

#DBD059 #59A5DB #8F59DB

monochromatic

#998E21 #CBBD2C #DBD059 #E6DE8B #F1ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DBD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DBD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD059

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD059	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.140 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de8c',
    500: '#dbd059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd059;
$custom-light: #e9de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84389,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.60893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD059

secondary

#3B449D

accent

#28CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD059

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

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