#DBE256#DBE256

#DBE256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.160 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE256
RGB	rgb(219, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -19.90, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 68.34, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.06 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.16 112)
XYZ	xyz(58.0911, 70.1260, 19.2778)
Luminance	0.7013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE256 #5D56E2

analogous

#E2A356 #DBE256 #95E256

triadic

#DBE256 #56DBE2 #E256DB

tetradic

#DBE256 #56E2A3 #5D56E2 #E25695

square

#DBE256 #56E2A3 #5D56E2 #E25695

split-complementary

#DBE256 #5695E2 #A356E2

monochromatic

#9BA21C #CDD625 #DBE256 #E6EB8A #F1F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DBE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#DBE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE256

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE256	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)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.160 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea8c',
    500: '#dbe256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe256;
$custom-light: #e9ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88157,
    "c": 0.16043,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.70125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE256

secondary

#3D38A5

accent

#13D31C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE256

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

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