#DBDB52#DBDB52

#DBDB52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.156 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB52
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -16.72, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 67.12, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0515 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.156 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0697, 66.3339, 17.8311)
Luminance	0.6633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB52 #5252DB

analogous

#DB9752 #DBDB52 #97DB52

triadic

#DBDB52 #52DBDB #DB52DB

tetradic

#DBDB52 #52DB97 #5252DB #DB5297

square

#DBDB52 #52DB97 #5252DB #DB5297

split-complementary

#DBDB52 #5297DB #9752DB

monochromatic

#94941F #C6C629 #DBDB52 #E6E685 #F0F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBDB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#DBDB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB52

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB52	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.156 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e589',
    500: '#dbdb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb52;
$custom-light: #e9e589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86636,
    "c": 0.15614,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB52

secondary

#393999

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB52

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

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