#DBCE51#DBCE51

#DBCE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.144 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCE51
RGB	rgb(219, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -10.29, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 62.62, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0334 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.144 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7719, 59.7988, 16.5455)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCE51 #515EDB

analogous

#DB8951 #DBCE51 #A3DB51

triadic

#DBCE51 #51DBCE #CE51DB

tetradic

#DBCE51 #51DB89 #515EDB #DB51A3

square

#DBCE51 #51DB89 #515EDB #DB51A3

split-complementary

#DBCE51 #51A3DB #8951DB

monochromatic

#93881E #C6B729 #DBCE51 #E5DC84 #F0EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DBCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DBCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCE51

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCE51	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.144 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc87',
    500: '#dbce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbce51;
$custom-light: #e9dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83895,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCE51

secondary

#384198

accent

#4FE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCE51

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

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