#DBDB59#DBDB59

#DBDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.151 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB59
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -16.27, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 64.26, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0495 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.151 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3498, 66.4459, 19.3063)
Luminance	0.6644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB59 #5959DB

analogous

#DB9A59 #DBDB59 #9ADB59

triadic

#DBDB59 #59DBDB #DB59DB

tetradic

#DBDB59 #59DB9A #5959DB #DB599A

square

#DBDB59 #59DB9A #5959DB #DB599A

split-complementary

#DBDB59 #599ADB #9A59DB

monochromatic

#999921 #CBCB2C #DBDB59 #E6E68B #F1F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#DBDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB59

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB59	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.151 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e68d',
    500: '#dbdb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb59;
$custom-light: #e9e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.867,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB59

secondary

#3B3B9D

accent

#19CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB59

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

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