#DBD159#DBD159

#DBD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.141 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD159
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -11.28, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 60.34, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0353 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.141 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8189, 61.3841, 18.4626)
Luminance	0.6138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD159 #5963DB

analogous

#DB9059 #DBD159 #A4DB59

triadic

#DBD159 #59DBD1 #D159DB

tetradic

#DBD159 #59DB90 #5963DB #DB59A4

square

#DBD159 #59DB90 #5963DB #DB59A4

split-complementary

#DBD159 #59A4DB #9059DB

monochromatic

#998F21 #CBBF2C #DBD159 #E6DF8B #F1EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DBD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#DBD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD159

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD159	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.141 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de8c',
    500: '#dbd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd159;
$custom-light: #e9de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84598,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD159

secondary

#3B439D

accent

#27CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD159

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

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