#DBDB56#DBDB56

#DBDB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.153 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB56
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -16.47, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 65.50, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0504 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.153 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2264, 66.3965, 18.6563)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB56 #5656DB

analogous

#DB9956 #DBDB56 #99DB56

triadic

#DBDB56 #56DBDB #DB56DB

tetradic

#DBDB56 #56DB99 #5656DB #DB5699

square

#DBDB56 #56DB99 #5656DB #DB5699

split-complementary

#DBDB56 #5699DB #9956DB

monochromatic

#979720 #C9C92B #DBDB56 #E6E688 #F0F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBDB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#DBDB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB56

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB56	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)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.153 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e58b',
    500: '#dbdb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb56;
$custom-light: #e9e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86672,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB56

secondary

#3A3A9B

accent

#40E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB56

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

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