#DBC951#DBC951

#DBC951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC951
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -7.75, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 60.87, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0262 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5873, 57.4296, 16.1507)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC951 #5163DB

analogous

#DB8451 #DBC951 #A8DB51

triadic

#DBC951 #51DBC9 #C951DB

tetradic

#DBC951 #51DB84 #5163DB #DB51A8

square

#DBC951 #51DB84 #5163DB #DB51A8

split-complementary

#DBC951 #51A8DB #8451DB

monochromatic

#93841E #C6B129 #DBC951 #E5D984 #F0E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DBC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC951

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC951	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d987',
    500: '#dbc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc951;
$custom-light: #e9d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82857,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC951

secondary

#384598

accent

#55E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC951

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

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