#DBE851#DBE851

#DBE851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.171 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE851
RGB	rgb(219, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -23.10, 69.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 72.77, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0695 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.171 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.5568, 73.3685, 18.8072)
Luminance	0.7337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE851 #5E51E8

analogous

#E8AA51 #DBE851 #90E851

triadic

#DBE851 #51DBE8 #E851DB

tetradic

#DBE851 #51E8AA #5E51E8 #E85190

square

#DBE851 #51E8AA #5E51E8 #E85190

split-complementary

#DBE851 #5190E8 #AA51E8

monochromatic

#9CA816 #CEDE1D #DBE851 #E6EF87 #F1F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DBE851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#DBE851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE851

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE851	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.171 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef89',
    500: '#dbe851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe851;
$custom-light: #e9ef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.166,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89397,
    "c": 0.17051,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE851

secondary

#3D33AA

accent

#0DD91E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE851

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

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