#DBD959#DBD959

#DBD959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.149 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD959
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -15.28, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 63.45, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0467 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.149 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8312, 65.4086, 19.1334)
Luminance	0.6541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD959 #595BDB

analogous

#DB9859 #DBD959 #9CDB59

triadic

#DBD959 #59DBD9 #D959DB

tetradic

#DBD959 #59DB98 #595BDB #DB599C

square

#DBD959 #59DB98 #595BDB #DB599C

split-complementary

#DBD959 #599CDB #9859DB

monochromatic

#999721 #CBC82C #DBD959 #E6E58B #F1F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DBD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DBD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD959

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD959	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.149 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e48d',
    500: '#dbd959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd959;
$custom-light: #e9e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86277,
    "c": 0.14866,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD959

secondary

#3B3D9D

accent

#1CCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD959

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

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