#DBD251#DBD251

#DBD251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.148 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD251
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -12.31, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 64.08, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0391 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.148 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7472, 61.7492, 16.8706)
Luminance	0.6175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD251 #515ADB

analogous

#DB8D51 #DBD251 #9FDB51

triadic

#DBD251 #51DBD2 #D251DB

tetradic

#DBD251 #51DB8D #515ADB #DB519F

square

#DBD251 #51DB8D #515ADB #DB519F

split-complementary

#DBD251 #519FDB #8D51DB

monochromatic

#938C1E #C6BC29 #DBD251 #E5DF84 #F0ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#DBD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD251

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD251	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.148 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df88',
    500: '#dbd251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd251;
$custom-light: #e9df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84731,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD251

secondary

#383E98

accent

#4AE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD251

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

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