#DBDB42#DBDB42

#DBDB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.167 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB42
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -17.60, 70.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 73.11, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.0555 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.167 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5303, 66.1181, 14.9901)
Luminance	0.6612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB42 #4242DB

analogous

#DB8E42 #DBDB42 #8EDB42

triadic

#DBDB42 #42DBDB #DB42DB

tetradic

#DBDB42 #42DB8E #4242DB #DB428E

square

#DBDB42 #42DB8E #4242DB #DB428E

split-complementary

#DBDB42 #428EDB #8E42DB

monochromatic

#89891A #BCBC24 #DBDB42 #E5E575 #EFEFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DBDB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DBDB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB42

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB42	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.167 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae580',
    500: '#dbdb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb42;
$custom-light: #eae580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86513,
    "c": 0.16695,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB42

secondary

#33338F

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB42

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

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