#DBD551#DBD551

#DBD551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.151 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD551
RGB	rgb(219, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, -13.81, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 65.21, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0434 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.151 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4948, 63.2444, 17.1198)
Luminance	0.6324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD551 #5157DB

analogous

#DB9051 #DBD551 #9CDB51

triadic

#DBD551 #51DBD5 #D551DB

tetradic

#DBD551 #51DB90 #5157DB #DB519C

square

#DBD551 #51DB90 #5157DB #DB519C

split-complementary

#DBD551 #519CDB #9051DB

monochromatic

#938E1E #C6BF29 #DBD551 #E5E184 #F0EDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DBD551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#DBD551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD551

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD551	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.151 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e188',
    500: '#dbd551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd551;
$custom-light: #e9e188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85361,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD551

secondary

#383C98

accent

#47E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD551

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

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