#DBD659#DBD659

#DBD659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.146 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD659
RGB	rgb(219, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.90, -13.79, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.90, 62.27, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0425 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.146 107)
XYZ	xyz(55.0649, 63.8762, 18.8780)
Luminance	0.6387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD659 #595EDB

analogous

#DB9559 #DBD659 #9FDB59

triadic

#DBD659 #59DBD6 #D659DB

tetradic

#DBD659 #59DB95 #595EDB #DB599F

square

#DBD659 #59DB95 #595EDB #DB599F

split-complementary

#DBD659 #599FDB #9559DB

monochromatic

#999421 #CBC52C #DBD659 #E6E28B #F1EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DBD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DBD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD659

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD659	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.146 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e28d',
    500: '#dbd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd659;
$custom-light: #e9e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85646,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.63874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD659

secondary

#3B3F9D

accent

#20CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD659

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

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