#DBDB55#DBDB55

#DBDB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.154 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB55
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -16.53, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 65.91, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0507 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.154 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.1864, 66.3805, 18.4456)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB55 #5555DB

analogous

#DB9855 #DBDB55 #98DB55

triadic

#DBDB55 #55DBDB #DB55DB

tetradic

#DBDB55 #55DB98 #5555DB #DB5598

square

#DBDB55 #55DB98 #5555DB #DB5598

split-complementary

#DBDB55 #5598DB #9855DB

monochromatic

#969620 #C8C82A #DBDB55 #E6E688 #F0F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBDB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#DBDB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB55

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB55	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.154 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e58b',
    500: '#dbdb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb55;
$custom-light: #e9e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86662,
    "c": 0.15387,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB55

secondary

#3A3A9A

accent

#40E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB55

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

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