#DBCE56#DBCE56

#DBCE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.140 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCE56
RGB	rgb(219, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -9.97, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 60.51, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0319 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.14 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9664, 59.8765, 17.5696)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCE56 #5663DB

analogous

#DB8B56 #DBCE56 #A6DB56

triadic

#DBCE56 #56DBCE #CE56DB

tetradic

#DBCE56 #56DB8B #5663DB #DB56A6

square

#DBCE56 #56DB8B #5663DB #DB56A6

split-complementary

#DBCE56 #56A6DB #8B56DB

monochromatic

#978B20 #C9BA2B #DBCE56 #E6DD88 #F0EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DBCE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DBCE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCE56

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCE56	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.140 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc8a',
    500: '#dbce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbce56;
$custom-light: #e9dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83943,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCE56

secondary

#3A449B

accent

#50E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCE56

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

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