#DBC351#DBC351

#DBC351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC351
RGB	rgb(219, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -4.67, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 58.88, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0173 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2159, 54.6867, 15.6935)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC351 #5169DB

analogous

#DB7E51 #DBC351 #AEDB51

triadic

#DBC351 #51DBC3 #C351DB

tetradic

#DBC351 #51DB7E #5169DB #DB51AE

square

#DBC351 #51DB7E #5169DB #DB51AE

split-complementary

#DBC351 #51AEDB #7E51DB

monochromatic

#937F1E #C6AB29 #DBC351 #E5D484 #F0E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DBC351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DBC351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC351

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC351	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d487',
    500: '#dbc351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc351;
$custom-light: #e9d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8162,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC351

secondary

#384998

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC351

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

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