#DBE242#DBE242

#DBE242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.174 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE242
RGB	rgb(219, 226, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -21.01, 72.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 75.75, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0651 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.174 112)
XYZ	xyz(57.3950, 69.8475, 15.6117)
Luminance	0.6985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE242 #4942E2

analogous

#E29942 #DBE242 #8BE242

triadic

#DBE242 #42DBE2 #E242DB

tetradic

#DBE242 #42E299 #4942E2 #E2428B

square

#DBE242 #42E299 #4942E2 #E2428B

split-complementary

#DBE242 #428BE2 #9942E2

monochromatic

#8E9317 #C1C81F #DBE242 #E5EA77 #EFF2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DBE242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#DBE242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE242

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE242	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 226, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.174 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea81',
    500: '#dbe242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe242;
$custom-light: #eaea81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88004,
    "c": 0.1739,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.69846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE242

secondary

#353198

accent

#38F040

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE242

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

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