#DBC051#DBC051

#DBC051 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.133 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC051
RGB	rgb(219, 192, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -3.12, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 57.93, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0129 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.133 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5505, 53.3559, 15.4717)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC051 #516CDB

analogous

#DB7B51 #DBC051 #B1DB51

triadic

#DBC051 #51DBC0 #C051DB

tetradic

#DBC051 #51DB7B #516CDB #DB51B1

square

#DBC051 #51DB7B #516CDB #DB51B1

split-complementary

#DBC051 #51B1DB #7B51DB

monochromatic

#937C1E #C6A729 #DBC051 #E5D284 #F0E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DBC051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#DBC051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC051

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC051	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 192, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.133 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d286',
    500: '#dbc051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc051;
$custom-light: #e9d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81006,
    "c": 0.13273,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC051

secondary

#384B98

accent

#60E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC051

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

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