#DBE255#DBE255

#DBE255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.161 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE255
RGB	rgb(219, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -19.96, 65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 68.74, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0603 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.161 112)
XYZ	xyz(58.0511, 70.1100, 19.0671)
Luminance	0.7011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE255 #5C55E2

analogous

#E2A255 #DBE255 #94E255

triadic

#DBE255 #55DBE2 #E255DB

tetradic

#DBE255 #55E2A2 #5C55E2 #E25594

square

#DBE255 #55E2A2 #5C55E2 #E25594

split-complementary

#DBE255 #5594E2 #A255E2

monochromatic

#9AA11B #CDD524 #DBE255 #E6EB89 #F1F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DBE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#DBE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE255

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE255	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.161 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea8b',
    500: '#dbe255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe255;
$custom-light: #e9ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.979,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88149,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.70109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE255

secondary

#3D37A4

accent

#13D31C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE255

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

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