#DBCE55#DBCE55

#DBCE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.141 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCE55
RGB	rgb(219, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -10.04, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 60.94, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0322 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.141 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9264, 59.8605, 17.3589)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCE55 #5562DB

analogous

#DB8B55 #DBCE55 #A5DB55

triadic

#DBCE55 #55DBCE #CE55DB

tetradic

#DBCE55 #55DB8B #5562DB #DB55A5

square

#DBCE55 #55DB8B #5562DB #DB55A5

split-complementary

#DBCE55 #55A5DB #8B55DB

monochromatic

#968A20 #C8B92A #DBCE55 #E6DD88 #F0EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DBCE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#DBCE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCE55

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCE55	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.141 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc8a',
    500: '#dbce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbce55;
$custom-light: #e9dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83933,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCE55

secondary

#3A439A

accent

#50E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCE55

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

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