#DBDB57#DBDB57

#DBDB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.152 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB57
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -16.40, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 65.09, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0501 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.152 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2669, 66.4128, 18.8699)
Luminance	0.6641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB57 #5757DB

analogous

#DB9957 #DBDB57 #99DB57

triadic

#DBDB57 #57DBDB #DB57DB

tetradic

#DBDB57 #57DB99 #5757DB #DB5799

square

#DBDB57 #57DB99 #5757DB #DB5799

split-complementary

#DBDB57 #5799DB #9957DB

monochromatic

#979720 #CACA2B #DBDB57 #E6E689 #F1F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBDB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#DBDB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB57

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB57	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)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.152 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e68c',
    500: '#dbdb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb57;
$custom-light: #e9e68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86681,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB57

secondary

#3B3B9C

accent

#40E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB57

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

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