#DBCC51#DBCC51

#DBCC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.143 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCC51
RGB	rgb(219, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -9.28, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 61.91, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0305 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2935, 58.8420, 16.3861)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCC51 #5160DB

analogous

#DB8751 #DBCC51 #A5DB51

triadic

#DBCC51 #51DBCC #CC51DB

tetradic

#DBCC51 #51DB87 #5160DB #DB51A5

square

#DBCC51 #51DB87 #5160DB #DB51A5

split-complementary

#DBCC51 #51A5DB #8751DB

monochromatic

#93861E #C6B529 #DBCC51 #E5DB84 #F0EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DBCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DBCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCC51

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCC51	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db87',
    500: '#dbcc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcc51;
$custom-light: #e9db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83479,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCC51

secondary

#384398

accent

#52E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCC51

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

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