#DBE172#DBE172

#DBE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.135 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE172
RGB	rgb(219, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -17.27, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 55.82, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0498 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.135 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1770, 70.1265, 26.3347)
Luminance	0.7013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE172 #7872E1

analogous

#E1B072 #DBE172 #A4E172

triadic

#DBE172 #72DBE1 #E172DB

tetradic

#DBE172 #72E1B0 #7872E1 #E172A4

square

#DBE172 #72E1B0 #7872E1 #E172A4

split-complementary

#DBE172 #72A4E1 #B072E1

monochromatic

#ABB326 #CED640 #DBE172 #E8ECA4 #F5F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DBE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#DBE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE172

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE172	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.135 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea9d',
    500: '#dbe172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe172;
$custom-light: #e8ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88243,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE172

secondary

#4A43B4

accent

#19CD22

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE172

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

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