#DBDA42#DBDA42

#DBDA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.166 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDA42
RGB	rgb(219, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -17.11, 70.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 72.75, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.0542 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.166 109)
XYZ	xyz(55.2702, 65.5979, 14.9034)
Luminance	0.6560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDA42 #4243DB

analogous

#DB8D42 #DBDA42 #8FDB42

triadic

#DBDA42 #42DBDA #DA42DB

tetradic

#DBDA42 #42DB8D #4243DB #DB428F

square

#DBDA42 #42DB8D #4243DB #DB428F

split-complementary

#DBDA42 #428FDB #8D42DB

monochromatic

#89881A #BCBB24 #DBDA42 #E5E475 #EFEEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DBDA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DBDA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDA42

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDA42	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbda42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.166 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae580',
    500: '#dbda42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbda42;
$custom-light: #eae580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbda42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.608,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86301,
    "c": 0.16598,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.65596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDA42

secondary

#33338F

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDA42

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

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