#DBCA51#DBCA51

#DBCA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCA51
RGB	rgb(219, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -8.26, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 61.21, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0276 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8212, 57.8973, 16.2286)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCA51 #5162DB

analogous

#DB8551 #DBCA51 #A7DB51

triadic

#DBCA51 #51DBCA #CA51DB

tetradic

#DBCA51 #51DB85 #5162DB #DB51A7

square

#DBCA51 #51DB85 #5162DB #DB51A7

split-complementary

#DBCA51 #51A7DB #8551DB

monochromatic

#93851E #C6B329 #DBCA51 #E5D984 #F0E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DBCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCA51

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCA51	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d987',
    500: '#dbca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbca51;
$custom-light: #e9d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83064,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCA51

secondary

#384498

accent

#54E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCA51

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

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