#DBDC51#DBDC51

#DBDC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.158 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDC51
RGB	rgb(219, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -17.28, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 67.91, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0532 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.158 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2936, 66.8421, 17.7194)
Luminance	0.6684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDC51 #5251DC

analogous

#DC9851 #DBDC51 #96DC51

triadic

#DBDC51 #51DBDC #DC51DB

tetradic

#DBDC51 #51DC98 #5251DC #DC5196

square

#DBDC51 #51DC98 #5251DC #DC5196

split-complementary

#DBDC51 #5196DC #9851DC

monochromatic

#94951E #C6C828 #DBDC51 #E6E684 #F0F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBDC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DBDC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDC51

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDC51	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.158 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e688',
    500: '#dbdc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdc51;
$custom-light: #e9e688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86839,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDC51

secondary

#393899

accent

#3EE940

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDC51

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

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