#DBE857#DBE857

#DBE857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.166 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE857
RGB	rgb(219, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -22.73, 66.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 70.46, 108.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0679 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.166 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.7918, 73.4625, 20.0449)
Luminance	0.7346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE857 #6457E8

analogous

#E8AC57 #DBE857 #93E857

triadic

#DBE857 #57DBE8 #E857DB

tetradic

#DBE857 #57E8AC #6457E8 #E85793

square

#DBE857 #57E8AC #6457E8 #E85793

split-complementary

#DBE857 #5793E8 #AC57E8

monochromatic

#A0AD18 #CFE121 #DBE857 #E7EF8D #F2F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DBE857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#DBE857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE857

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE857	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.166 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef8d',
    500: '#dbe857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe857;
$custom-light: #e9ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.379,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89448,
    "c": 0.16617,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE857

secondary

#4035AE

accent

#0DD820

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE857

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

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