#DBC151#DBC151

#DBC151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.133 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC151
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -3.64, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 58.24, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0144 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.133 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7708, 53.7965, 15.5452)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC151 #516BDB

analogous

#DB7C51 #DBC151 #B0DB51

triadic

#DBC151 #51DBC1 #C151DB

tetradic

#DBC151 #51DB7C #516BDB #DB51B0

square

#DBC151 #51DB7C #516BDB #DB51B0

split-complementary

#DBC151 #51B0DB #7C51DB

monochromatic

#937D1E #C6A829 #DBC151 #E5D384 #F0E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DBC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DBC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC151

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC151	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.133 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d386',
    500: '#dbc151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc151;
$custom-light: #e9d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8121,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC151

secondary

#384A98

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC151

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

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