#DBD259#DBD259

#DBD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.142 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD259
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -11.79, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 60.72, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0368 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.142 105)
XYZ	xyz(54.0650, 61.8764, 18.5447)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD259 #5962DB

analogous

#DB9159 #DBD259 #A3DB59

triadic

#DBD259 #59DBD2 #D259DB

tetradic

#DBD259 #59DB91 #5962DB #DB59A3

square

#DBD259 #59DB91 #5962DB #DB59A3

split-complementary

#DBD259 #59A3DB #9159DB

monochromatic

#999021 #CBC02C #DBD259 #E6E08B #F1EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#DBD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD259

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD259	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.142 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df8c',
    500: '#dbd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd259;
$custom-light: #e9df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84807,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.61875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD259

secondary

#3B429D

accent

#26CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD259

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

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