#DBBA51#DBBA51

#DBBA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBA51
RGB	rgb(219, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, 0.00, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 56.17, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0039 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.129 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2598, 50.7746, 15.0415)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBA51 #5172DB

analogous

#DB7551 #DBBA51 #B7DB51

triadic

#DBBA51 #51DBBA #BA51DB

tetradic

#DBBA51 #51DB75 #5172DB #DB51B7

square

#DBBA51 #51DB75 #5172DB #DB51B7

split-complementary

#DBBA51 #51B7DB #7551DB

monochromatic

#93771E #C6A029 #DBBA51 #E5CE84 #F0E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DBBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#DBBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBA51

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBA51	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ce86',
    500: '#dbba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbba51;
$custom-light: #e9ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79787,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBA51

secondary

#384F98

accent

#68E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBA51

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

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