#DBDB00

A medium, vivid yellow closely aligning with Yellow.

About #DBDB00

At its core, #DBDB00 is a medium and vivid hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Yellow. In the RGB color space, it consists of 219 red, 219 green, and 0 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 60.0° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 42.9% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#DBDB00
RGB219, 219, 0
HSL60.0°, 100.0%, 42.9%
CMYK0%, 0%, 100%, 14%
HSV60.0°, 100.0%, 85.9%
LAB84.9, -19.2, 84.2
XYZ54.5, 65.7, 9.8
Decimal14408448

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.48:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
14.14:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.42:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
12.02:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #DBDB00; }
.text-color { color: #DBDB00; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #DBDB00; }

Similar Colors

Yellow
#FFFF00