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#DBDB35 — Yellow

#DBDB35 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #DBDB35 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DBDB35 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #3333DB; it also sits naturally between #DB8733 and #87DB33. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DBDB35 · RGB 219, 219, 53

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Color values

HEX#DBDB35
RGB219, 219, 53
HSL60°, 70%, 53%
HSV60°, 76%, 86%
CMYK0%, 0%, 76%, 14%
XYZ55.19, 65.98, 13.19
Yxy65.98, 0.4107, 0.4911
CIE-Lab84.99, -18.16, 75.14
Hunter Lab81.23, -16.80, 44.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 86% · Blue 21%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 76% · Key 14%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DBDB35 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DBDB35 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DBDB35

.text { color: #DBDB35; }
.background { background-color: #DBDB35; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DBDB35; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(219, 219, 53); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 70%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DBDB35; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(219, 219, 53, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DBDB35; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(219, 219, 53, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DBDB35">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DBDB35">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DBDB35

#D0D025#BABA21#A5A51D#8F8F19#7E7E16#686812#52520F#3D3D0B#272707#111103

Tints of #DBDB35

#DEDE45#E2E25A#E5E56C#E8E87D#ECEC93#EFEFA4#F2F2B5#F5F5C7#F9F9DC#FCFCEE

Tones of #DBDB35

#CFCF3F#C3C34B#B7B757#ABAB63#9F9F6F#93937B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3333DB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.20:1 AAA

Best text color on #DBDB35: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DBDB35

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DBDB35: ·

How #DBDB35 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #DBDB5DDeuteranopia · #DBDB67Tritanopia · #DB7D84

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BTailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DBDB35 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Saffron
#DDDB30 · #A7DB5B · #40C225 · #3FE86A
Amber Ruby Breeze
#8A9416 · #E1E237 · #6358E7 · #B3ACED
Palette 61a3ba
#61A3BA · #FFFFDD · #D2DE32 · #A2C579
Palette 016a70
#016A70 · #FFFFDD · #D2DE32 · #A2C579
Silent Canyon
#E08B56 · #E5D93C · #A1E752 · #61E664
Rustic Ruby Bloom
#C96A4D · #B27D25 · #D9DA42 · #5E861F

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#DDDB30#E1E237#D2DE32#E5D93C#D9DA42#D2D929#E4D03E#E4D329#E1CB3D#D6EB2C#D8E324#D7CA2D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DBDB34  ·  #DBDB36 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DBDB35?

#DBDB35 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 219, 219, 53). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DBDB35?

#DBDB35 is RGB 219, 219, 53 — HSL 60°, 70%, 53% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 76%, 14%.

What colors go with #DBDB35?

Its complement is #3333DB; analogous partners are #DB8733 and #87DB33. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DBDB35 for text?

Black text on #DBDB35 has a contrast ratio of 14.20:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.