#DBB951#DBB951

#DBB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.128 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB951
RGB	rgb(219, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, 0.52, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 55.89, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0024 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.128 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0499, 50.3547, 14.9715)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB951 #5173DB

analogous

#DB7451 #DBB951 #B8DB51

triadic

#DBB951 #51DBB9 #B951DB

tetradic

#DBB951 #51DB74 #5173DB #DB51B8

square

#DBB951 #51DB74 #5173DB #DB51B8

split-complementary

#DBB951 #51B8DB #7451DB

monochromatic

#93761E #C69F29 #DBB951 #E5CD84 #F0E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DBB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#DBB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB951

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB951	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.128 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd86',
    500: '#dbb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb951;
$custom-light: #e9cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79585,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB951

secondary

#385098

accent

#69E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB951

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

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