#FFDB51#FFDB51

#FFDB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.156 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDB51
RGB	rgb(255, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -1.90, 69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 69.55, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0115 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.156 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.0602, 72.5208, 18.1960)
Luminance	0.7252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDB51 #5175FF

analogous

#FF8451 #FFDB51 #CCFF51

triadic

#FFDB51 #51FFDB #DB51FF

tetradic

#FFDB51 #51FF84 #5175FF #FF51CC

square

#FFDB51 #51FF84 #5175FF #FF51CC

split-complementary

#FFDB51 #51CCFF #8451FF

monochromatic

#D6A900 #FFCE14 #FFDB51 #FFE88E #FFF4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FFDB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#FFDB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDB51

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDB51	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.156 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe589',
    500: '#ffdb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdb51;
$custom-light: #ffe589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89787,
    "c": 0.15618,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDB51

secondary

#2548D0

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDB51

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

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