#DBE257#DBE257

#DBE257 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	#DBE257
RGB	rgb(219, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.07, -19.83, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.07, 67.94, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0598 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.16 112)
XYZ	xyz(58.1317, 70.1422, 19.4915)
Luminance	0.7014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE257 #5E57E2

analogous

#E2A457 #DBE257 #96E257

triadic

#DBE257 #57DBE2 #E257DB

tetradic

#DBE257 #57E2A4 #5E57E2 #E25796

square

#DBE257 #57E2A4 #5E57E2 #E25796

split-complementary

#DBE257 #5796E2 #A457E2

monochromatic

#9CA31C #CED725 #DBE257 #E6EB8B #F1F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DBE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#DBE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE257

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE257	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)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.160 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea8c',
    500: '#dbe257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe257;
$custom-light: #e9ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88166,
    "c": 0.15967,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.70141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE257

secondary

#3D38A5

accent

#13D31D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE257

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

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