#DBE551#DBE551

#DBE551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.167 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE551
RGB	rgb(219, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -21.66, 68.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 71.53, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.76% -0.0655 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(88.76% 0.167 113)
XYZ	xyz(58.7195, 71.6940, 18.5281)
Luminance	0.7169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE551 #5B51E5

analogous

#E5A551 #DBE551 #91E551

triadic

#DBE551 #51DBE5 #E551DB

tetradic

#DBE551 #51E5A5 #5B51E5 #E55191

square

#DBE551 #51E5A5 #5B51E5 #E55191

split-complementary

#DBE551 #5191E5 #A551E5

monochromatic

#9AA318 #CCD820 #DBE551 #E6ED86 #F1F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DBE551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#DBE551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE551

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE551	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.167 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ed89',
    500: '#dbe551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe551;
$custom-light: #e9ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88755,
    "c": 0.16729,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.71693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE551

secondary

#3C35A6

accent

#0FD61D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE551

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

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