#DBC551#DBC551

#DBC551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.137 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC551
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -5.70, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 59.53, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0203 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.137 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6670, 55.5889, 15.8439)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC551 #5167DB

analogous

#DB8051 #DBC551 #ACDB51

triadic

#DBC551 #51DBC5 #C551DB

tetradic

#DBC551 #51DB80 #5167DB #DB51AC

square

#DBC551 #51DB80 #5167DB #DB51AC

split-complementary

#DBC551 #51ACDB #8051DB

monochromatic

#93811E #C6AD29 #DBC551 #E5D684 #F0E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DBC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC551

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC551	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.137 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d687',
    500: '#dbc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc551;
$custom-light: #e9d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82031,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC551

secondary

#384798

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC551

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

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