#DBC451#DBC451

#DBC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC451
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -5.19, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 59.20, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0188 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(50.4407, 55.1363, 15.7685)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC451 #5168DB

analogous

#DB7F51 #DBC451 #ADDB51

triadic

#DBC451 #51DBC4 #C451DB

tetradic

#DBC451 #51DB7F #5168DB #DB51AD

square

#DBC451 #51DB7F #5168DB #DB51AD

split-complementary

#DBC451 #51ADDB #7F51DB

monochromatic

#93801E #C6AC29 #DBC451 #E5D584 #F0E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DBC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DBC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC451

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC451	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d587',
    500: '#dbc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc451;
$custom-light: #e9d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81825,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.55134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC451

secondary

#384898

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC451

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

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