#DBDB5B#DBDB5B

#DBDB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.149 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB5B
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -16.13, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 63.42, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.0489 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.149 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.4349, 66.4800, 19.7546)
Luminance	0.6648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB5B #5B5BDB

analogous

#DB9B5B #DBDB5B #9BDB5B

triadic

#DBDB5B #5BDBDB #DB5BDB

tetradic

#DBDB5B #5BDB9B #5B5BDB #DB5B9B

square

#DBDB5B #5BDB9B #5B5BDB #DB5B9B

split-complementary

#DBDB5B #5B9BDB #9B5BDB

monochromatic

#9A9A22 #CCCC2D #DBDB5B #E6E68D #F1F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBDB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DBDB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB5B

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB5B	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.149 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e68e',
    500: '#dbdb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb5b;
$custom-light: #e9e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86719,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB5B

secondary

#3C3C9E

accent

#1ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB5B

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

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