#DBDD55#DBDD55

#DBDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.156 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDD55
RGB	rgb(219, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.72, -17.52, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.72, 66.71, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0534 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.156 110)
XYZ	xyz(56.7113, 67.4303, 18.6205)
Luminance	0.6743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDD55 #5755DD

analogous

#DD9B55 #DBDD55 #97DD55

triadic

#DBDD55 #55DBDD #DD55DB

tetradic

#DBDD55 #55DD9B #5755DD #DD5597

square

#DBDD55 #55DD9B #5755DD #DD5597

split-complementary

#DBDD55 #5597DD #9B55DD

monochromatic

#97991F #CACC29 #DBDD55 #E6E788 #F1F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DBDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#DBDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDD55

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDD55	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.156 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e78b',
    500: '#dbdd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdd55;
$custom-light: #e9e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87086,
    "c": 0.15592,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.67429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDD55

secondary

#3B399D

accent

#3EEA41

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDD55

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

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