#DBE959#DBE959

#DBE959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.166 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE959
RGB	rgb(219, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.95, -23.08, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.95, 70.09, 109.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0687 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.166 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.1569, 74.0602, 20.5753)
Luminance	0.7406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE959 #6759E9

analogous

#E9AF59 #DBE959 #93E959

triadic

#DBE959 #59DBE9 #E959DB

tetradic

#DBE959 #59E9AF #6759E9 #E95993

square

#DBE959 #59E9AF #6759E9 #E95993

split-complementary

#DBE959 #5993E9 #AF59E9

monochromatic

#A1B017 #CFE223 #DBE959 #E7F08F #F2F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DBE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#DBE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE959

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE959	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.166 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef8e',
    500: '#dbe959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe959;
$custom-light: #e9ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.833,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89679,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE959

secondary

#4135B1

accent

#0DD921

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE959

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

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