#DBE259#DBE259

#DBE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.158 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE259
RGB	rgb(219, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -19.70, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 67.13, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.0592 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.158 112)
XYZ	xyz(58.2145, 70.1753, 19.9278)
Luminance	0.7017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE259 #6059E2

analogous

#E2A559 #DBE259 #97E259

triadic

#DBE259 #59DBE2 #E259DB

tetradic

#DBE259 #59E2A5 #6059E2 #E25997

square

#DBE259 #59E2A5 #6059E2 #E25997

split-complementary

#DBE259 #5997E2 #A559E2

monochromatic

#9DA41D #CFD826 #DBE259 #E6EB8D #F2F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DBE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#DBE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE259

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE259	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)

#F2D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.158 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea8e',
    500: '#dbe259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe259;
$custom-light: #e9ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88184,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.70174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE259

secondary

#3E39A6

accent

#13D21D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE259

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

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