#DBE159#DBE159

#DBE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.157 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE159
RGB	rgb(219, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.82, -19.21, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.82, 66.72, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0578 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.157 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9434, 69.6331, 19.8375)
Luminance	0.6963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE159 #5F59E1

analogous

#E1A359 #DBE159 #97E159

triadic

#DBE159 #59DBE1 #E159DB

tetradic

#DBE159 #59E1A3 #5F59E1 #E15997

square

#DBE159 #59E1A3 #5F59E1 #E15997

split-complementary

#DBE159 #5997E1 #A359E1

monochromatic

#9CA21D #CED627 #DBE159 #E6EA8D #F1F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DBE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#DBE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE159

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE159	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.157 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea8d',
    500: '#dbe159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe159;
$custom-light: #e9ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.647,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87972,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE159

secondary

#3E39A5

accent

#14D11C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE159

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

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