#DBDB79#DBDB79

#DBDB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.121 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDB79
RGB	rgb(219, 219, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -13.65, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 49.85, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0388 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.121 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.9972, 67.1049, 27.9828)
Luminance	0.6710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDB79 #7979DB

analogous

#DBAA79 #DBDB79 #AADB79

triadic

#DBDB79 #79DBDB #DB79DB

tetradic

#DBDB79 #79DBAA #7979DB #DB79AA

square

#DBDB79 #79DBAA #7979DB #DB79AA

split-complementary

#DBDB79 #79AADB #AA79DB

monochromatic

#ACAC2E #CECE49 #DBDB79 #E8E8A9 #F5F5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DBDB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DBDB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDB79

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDB79	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 219, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.121 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6a1',
    500: '#dbdb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdb79;
$custom-light: #e8e6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87073,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDB79

secondary

#4A4AAE

accent

#20C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDB79

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

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