#DBE596#DBE596

#DBE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.102 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE596
RGB	rgb(219, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(68, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -15.48, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 40.53, 112.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0419 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.102 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.7380, 73.3014, 39.6918)
Luminance	0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE596 #A096E5

analogous

#E5C896 #DBE596 #B4E596

triadic

#DBE596 #96DBE5 #E596DB

tetradic

#DBE596 #96E5C8 #A096E5 #E596B4

square

#DBE596 #96E5C8 #A096E5 #E596B4

split-complementary

#DBE596 #96B4E5 #C896E5

monochromatic

#B9CD34 #CAD965 #DBE596 #ECF1C7 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DBE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#DBE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE596

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE596	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.102 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7edb5',
    500: '#dbe596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe596;
$custom-light: #e7edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.595,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89619,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE596

secondary

#6C61BF

accent

#1EC833

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE596

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

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