#DBB251#DBB251

#DBB251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.124 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB251
RGB	rgb(219, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, 4.21, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 54.09, 85.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% 0.0083 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.124 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6214, 47.4978, 14.4954)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB251 #517ADB

analogous

#DB6D51 #DBB251 #BFDB51

triadic

#DBB251 #51DBB2 #B251DB

tetradic

#DBB251 #51DB6D #517ADB #DB51BF

square

#DBB251 #51DB6D #517ADB #DB51BF

split-complementary

#DBB251 #51BFDB #6D51DB

monochromatic

#93701E #C69729 #DBB251 #E5C884 #F0DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DBB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#DBB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB251

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB251	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.124 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac885',
    500: '#dbb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb251;
$custom-light: #eac885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78183,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB251

secondary

#A9B9DF

accent

#72E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB251

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

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