#DBDD42#DBDD42

#DBDD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.169 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDD42
RGB	rgb(219, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -18.58, 71.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 73.86, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.0583 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.169 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0552, 67.1679, 15.1651)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDD42 #4442DD

analogous

#DD9242 #DBDD42 #8EDD42

triadic

#DBDD42 #42DBDD #DD42DB

tetradic

#DBDD42 #42DD92 #4442DD #DD428E

square

#DBDD42 #42DD92 #4442DD #DD428E

split-complementary

#DBDD42 #428EDD #9242DD

monochromatic

#8A8C19 #BDBF22 #DBDD42 #E5E676 #EFF0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DBDD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DBDD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDD42

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDD42	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.169 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae780',
    500: '#dbdd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdd42;
$custom-light: #eae780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86938,
    "c": 0.16891,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDD42

secondary

#333291

accent

#3BEC3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDD42

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

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