#DBD459#DBD459

#DBD459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.144 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD459
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -12.79, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 61.49, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0396 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.144 106)
XYZ	xyz(54.5619, 62.8701, 18.7103)
Luminance	0.6287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD459 #5960DB

analogous

#DB9359 #DBD459 #A1DB59

triadic

#DBD459 #59DBD4 #D459DB

tetradic

#DBD459 #59DB93 #5960DB #DB59A1

square

#DBD459 #59DB93 #5960DB #DB59A1

split-complementary

#DBD459 #59A1DB #9359DB

monochromatic

#999221 #CBC22C #DBD459 #E6E18B #F1EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DBD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DBD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD459

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD459	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.144 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e18d',
    500: '#dbd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd459;
$custom-light: #e9e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85226,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.62868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD459

secondary

#3B419D

accent

#23CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD459

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

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