#FFDB59#FFDB59

#FFDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.151 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDB59
RGB	rgb(255, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -1.46, 66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 66.37, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0094 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.151 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.3780, 72.6480, 19.8701)
Luminance	0.7264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDB59 #597DFF

analogous

#FF8859 #FFDB59 #D0FF59

triadic

#FFDB59 #59FFDB #DB59FF

tetradic

#FFDB59 #59FF88 #597DFF #FF59D0

square

#FFDB59 #59FF88 #597DFF #FF59D0

split-complementary

#FFDB59 #59D0FF #8859FF

monochromatic

#DEAE00 #FFCE1C #FFDB59 #FFE896 #FFF6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FFDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#FFDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDB59

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDB59	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.151 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe58d',
    500: '#ffdb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdb59;
$custom-light: #ffe58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.988,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89855,
    "c": 0.1506,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDB59

secondary

#264CD6

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDB59

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

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