#DBD859#DBD859

#DBD859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.148 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD859
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.43, -14.78, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.43, 63.06, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0453 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.148 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5742, 64.8947, 19.0477)
Luminance	0.6489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD859 #595CDB

analogous

#DB9759 #DBD859 #9DDB59

triadic

#DBD859 #59DBD8 #D859DB

tetradic

#DBD859 #59DB97 #595CDB #DB599D

square

#DBD859 #59DB97 #595CDB #DB599D

split-complementary

#DBD859 #599DDB #9759DB

monochromatic

#999621 #CBC72C #DBD859 #E6E48B #F1F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DBD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#DBD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD859

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD859	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.148 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e38d',
    500: '#dbd859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd859;
$custom-light: #e9e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86067,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD859

secondary

#3B3E9D

accent

#1DCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD859

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

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