#DBDD57#DBDD57

#DBDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.154 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBDD57
RGB	rgb(219, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -17.39, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 65.89, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0529 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.154 110)
XYZ	xyz(56.7918, 67.4626, 19.0449)
Luminance	0.6746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBDD57 #5957DD

analogous

#DD9C57 #DBDD57 #98DD57

triadic

#DBDD57 #57DBDD #DD57DB

tetradic

#DBDD57 #57DD9C #5957DD #DD5798

square

#DBDD57 #57DD9C #5957DD #DD5798

split-complementary

#DBDD57 #5798DD #9C57DD

monochromatic

#999A1F #CBCD2A #DBDD57 #E6E78A #F1F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DBDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#DBDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBDD57

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBDD57	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)

#EDD447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbdd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.154 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e78c',
    500: '#dbdd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbdd57;
$custom-light: #e9e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbdd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87104,
    "c": 0.15438,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.67461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBDD57

secondary

#3B3A9E

accent

#17CE1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBDD57

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

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