#DBCD51#DBCD51

#DBCD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCD51
RGB	rgb(219, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -9.79, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 62.27, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.032 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5320, 59.3188, 16.4655)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCD51 #515FDB

analogous

#DB8851 #DBCD51 #A4DB51

triadic

#DBCD51 #51DBCD #CD51DB

tetradic

#DBCD51 #51DB88 #515FDB #DB51A4

square

#DBCD51 #51DB88 #515FDB #DB51A4

split-complementary

#DBCD51 #51A4DB #8851DB

monochromatic

#93871E #C6B629 #DBCD51 #E5DC84 #F0EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DBCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DBCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCD51

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCD51	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc87',
    500: '#dbcd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcd51;
$custom-light: #e9dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83687,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCD51

secondary

#384298

accent

#50E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCD51

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

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