#DBD951#DBD951

#DBD951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.155 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD951
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -15.80, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 66.74, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.049 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.155 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5133, 65.2815, 17.4593)
Luminance	0.6528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD951 #5153DB

analogous

#DB9451 #DBD951 #98DB51

triadic

#DBD951 #51DBD9 #D951DB

tetradic

#DBD951 #51DB94 #5153DB #DB5198

square

#DBD951 #51DB94 #5153DB #DB5198

split-complementary

#DBD951 #5198DB #9451DB

monochromatic

#93911E #C6C429 #DBD951 #E5E484 #F0EFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DBD951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#DBD951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD951

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD951	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.155 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e488',
    500: '#dbd951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd951;
$custom-light: #e9e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86204,
    "c": 0.15486,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD951

secondary

#383A98

accent

#42E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD951

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

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