#DBC851#DBC851

#DBC851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC851
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -7.24, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 60.53, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0247 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3550, 56.9649, 16.0732)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC851 #5164DB

analogous

#DB8351 #DBC851 #A9DB51

triadic

#DBC851 #51DBC8 #C851DB

tetradic

#DBC851 #51DB83 #5164DB #DB51A9

square

#DBC851 #51DB83 #5164DB #DB51A9

split-complementary

#DBC851 #51A9DB #8351DB

monochromatic

#93831E #C6B029 #DBC851 #E5D884 #F0E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DBC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC851

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC851	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d887',
    500: '#dbc851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc851;
$custom-light: #e9d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8265,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC851

secondary

#384598

accent

#56E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC851

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

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