#DBC251#DBC251

#DBC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.134 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC251
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -4.16, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 58.56, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0159 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.134 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9926, 54.2401, 15.6191)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC251 #516ADB

analogous

#DB7D51 #DBC251 #AFDB51

triadic

#DBC251 #51DBC2 #C251DB

tetradic

#DBC251 #51DB7D #516ADB #DB51AF

square

#DBC251 #51DB7D #516ADB #DB51AF

split-complementary

#DBC251 #51AFDB #7D51DB

monochromatic

#937E1E #C6A929 #DBC251 #E5D484 #F0E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DBC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC251

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC251	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.134 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d486',
    500: '#dbc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc251;
$custom-light: #e9d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81415,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC251

secondary

#384A98

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC251

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

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