#DBE251#DBE251

#DBE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.164 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE251
RGB	rgb(219, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -20.21, 67.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 70.31, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0614 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.164 112)
XYZ	xyz(57.8966, 70.0482, 18.2538)
Luminance	0.7005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE251 #5851E2

analogous

#E2A151 #DBE251 #92E251

triadic

#DBE251 #51DBE2 #E251DB

tetradic

#DBE251 #51E2A1 #5851E2 #E25192

square

#DBE251 #51E2A1 #5851E2 #E25192

split-complementary

#DBE251 #5192E2 #A151E2

monochromatic

#989E1A #CAD323 #DBE251 #E6EB85 #F1F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DBE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#DBE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE251

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE251	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.164 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea89',
    500: '#dbe251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe251;
$custom-light: #e9ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.897,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88115,
    "c": 0.16411,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.70047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE251

secondary

#3B36A1

accent

#12D31B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE251

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

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