#DBE997#DBE997

#DBE997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.106 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBE997
RGB	rgb(219, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(70, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 35.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -17.33, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 42.08, 114.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0471 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.106 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.9384, 75.5728, 40.4908)
Luminance	0.7557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBE997 #A597E9

analogous

#E9CE97 #DBE997 #B2E997

triadic

#DBE997 #97DBE9 #E997DB

tetradic

#DBE997 #97E9CE #A597E9 #E997B2

square

#DBE997 #97E9CE #A597E9 #E997B2

split-complementary

#DBE997 #97B2E9 #CE97E9

monochromatic

#B8D432 #CADE64 #DBE997 #ECF4CA #F6FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DBE997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#DBE997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBE997

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBE997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBE997	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbe997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.106 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7f0b6',
    500: '#dbe997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbe997;
$custom-light: #e7f0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbe997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.244,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90476,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBE997

secondary

#7160C4

accent

#19CD37

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBE997

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

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