#DBBB51#DBBB51

#DBBB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.129 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBB51
RGB	rgb(219, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -0.52, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 56.45, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0054 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.129 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4712, 51.1974, 15.1120)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBB51 #5171DB

analogous

#DB7651 #DBBB51 #B6DB51

triadic

#DBBB51 #51DBBB #BB51DB

tetradic

#DBBB51 #51DB76 #5171DB #DB51B6

square

#DBBB51 #51DB76 #5171DB #DB51B6

split-complementary

#DBBB51 #51B6DB #7651DB

monochromatic

#93781E #C6A129 #DBBB51 #E5CF84 #F0E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DBBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#DBBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBB51

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBB51	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.129 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf86',
    500: '#dbbb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbb51;
$custom-light: #e9cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79989,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBB51

secondary

#384E98

accent

#66E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBB51

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

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