#DBD559#DBD559

#DBD559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.145 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD559
RGB	rgb(219, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.64, -13.29, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.64, 61.88, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.041 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.145 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8126, 63.3716, 18.7939)
Luminance	0.6337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD559 #595FDB

analogous

#DB9459 #DBD559 #A0DB59

triadic

#DBD559 #59DBD5 #D559DB

tetradic

#DBD559 #59DB94 #595FDB #DB59A0

square

#DBD559 #59DB94 #595FDB #DB59A0

split-complementary

#DBD559 #59A0DB #9459DB

monochromatic

#999321 #CBC32C #DBD559 #E6E28B #F1EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DBD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DBD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD559

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD559	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.145 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e18d',
    500: '#dbd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd559;
$custom-light: #e9e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85436,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD559

secondary

#3B409D

accent

#22CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD559

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

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