#DBCB51#DBCB51

#DBCB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.142 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCB51
RGB	rgb(219, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -8.77, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 61.56, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0291 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.142 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0566, 58.3681, 16.3071)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCB51 #5161DB

analogous

#DB8651 #DBCB51 #A6DB51

triadic

#DBCB51 #51DBCB #CB51DB

tetradic

#DBCB51 #51DB86 #5161DB #DB51A6

square

#DBCB51 #51DB86 #5161DB #DB51A6

split-complementary

#DBCB51 #51A6DB #8651DB

monochromatic

#93861E #C6B429 #DBCB51 #E5DA84 #F0E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DBCB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DBCB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCB51

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCB51	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.142 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da87',
    500: '#dbcb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcb51;
$custom-light: #e9da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83271,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCB51

secondary

#384398

accent

#53E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCB51

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

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