#DBBC51#DBBC51

#DBBC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.130 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBC51
RGB	rgb(219, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -1.04, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 56.74, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0069 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.13 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6841, 51.6231, 15.1829)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBC51 #5170DB

analogous

#DB7751 #DBBC51 #B5DB51

triadic

#DBBC51 #51DBBC #BC51DB

tetradic

#DBBC51 #51DB77 #5170DB #DB51B5

square

#DBBC51 #51DB77 #5170DB #DB51B5

split-complementary

#DBBC51 #51B5DB #7751DB

monochromatic

#93791E #C6A329 #DBBC51 #E5D084 #F0E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DBBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#DBBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBC51

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBC51	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.130 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf86',
    500: '#dbbc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbc51;
$custom-light: #e9cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80192,
    "c": 0.1299,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBC51

secondary

#384E98

accent

#65E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBC51

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

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