#DBDB51#DBDB51

#DBDB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.157 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB51
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -16.78, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 67.52, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0518 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.157 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0319, 66.3188, 17.6322)
Luminance	0.6632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB51 #5151DB

analogous

#DB9651 #DBDB51 #96DB51

triadic

#DBDB51 #51DBDB #DB51DB

tetradic

#DBDB51 #51DB96 #5151DB #DB5196

square

#DBDB51 #51DB96 #5151DB #DB5196

split-complementary

#DBDB51 #5196DB #9651DB

monochromatic

#93931E #C6C629 #DBDB51 #E5E584 #F0F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBDB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#DBDB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB51

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB51	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.157 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e588',
    500: '#dbdb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb51;
$custom-light: #e9e588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86627,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB51

secondary

#383898

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB51

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

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