#DBE557#DBE557

#DBE557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.163 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE557
RGB	rgb(219, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -21.29, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 69.19, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0638 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.163 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9546, 71.7880, 19.7658)
Luminance	0.7179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE557 #6157E5

analogous

#E5A857 #DBE557 #94E557

triadic

#DBE557 #57DBE5 #E557DB

tetradic

#DBE557 #57E5A8 #6157E5 #E55794

square

#DBE557 #57E5A8 #6157E5 #E55794

split-complementary

#DBE557 #5794E5 #A857E5

monochromatic

#9EA81A #D0DD22 #DBE557 #E6ED8C #F2F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DBE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#DBE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE557

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE557	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.163 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ed8d',
    500: '#dbe557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe557;
$custom-light: #e9ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88806,
    "c": 0.1629,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE557

secondary

#3F37AA

accent

#10D51E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE557

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

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