#DBD851#DBD851

#DBD851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.154 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD851
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -15.30, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 66.35, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0476 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.154 108)
XYZ	xyz(55.2563, 64.7676, 17.3737)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD851 #5154DB

analogous

#DB9351 #DBD851 #99DB51

triadic

#DBD851 #51DBD8 #D851DB

tetradic

#DBD851 #51DB93 #5154DB #DB5199

square

#DBD851 #51DB93 #5154DB #DB5199

split-complementary

#DBD851 #5199DB #9351DB

monochromatic

#93911E #C6C229 #DBD851 #E5E384 #F0EFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DBD851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#DBD851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD851

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD851	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.154 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e388',
    500: '#dbd851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd851;
$custom-light: #e9e388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85993,
    "c": 0.15386,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.64766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD851

secondary

#383A98

accent

#43E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD851

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

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