#DBE599#DBE599

#DBE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.098 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE599
RGB	rgb(219, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(68, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.64, -15.11, 36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.64, 39.05, 112.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0407 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.098 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.9826, 73.3992, 40.9803)
Luminance	0.7340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE599 #A399E5

analogous

#E5C999 #DBE599 #B5E599

triadic

#DBE599 #99DBE5 #E599DB

tetradic

#DBE599 #99E5C9 #A399E5 #E599B5

square

#DBE599 #99E5C9 #A399E5 #E599B5

split-complementary

#DBE599 #99B5E5 #C999E5

monochromatic

#B9CC37 #CAD968 #DBE599 #ECF1CA #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DBE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#DBE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE599

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE599	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.098 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7edb8',
    500: '#dbe599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe599;
$custom-light: #e7edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89672,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE599

secondary

#6F63BF

accent

#1EC735

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE599

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

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