#DBD451#DBD451

#DBD451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.150 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD451
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -13.31, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 64.83, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.042 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.15 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2440, 62.7429, 17.0362)
Luminance	0.6274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD451 #5158DB

analogous

#DB8F51 #DBD451 #9DDB51

triadic

#DBD451 #51DBD4 #D451DB

tetradic

#DBD451 #51DB8F #5158DB #DB519D

square

#DBD451 #51DB8F #5158DB #DB519D

split-complementary

#DBD451 #519DDB #8F51DB

monochromatic

#938D1E #C6BE29 #DBD451 #E5E184 #F0EDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DBD451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#DBD451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD451

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD451	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.150 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e088',
    500: '#dbd451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd451;
$custom-light: #e9e088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85151,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD451

secondary

#383D98

accent

#48E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD451

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

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