#DBEB59#DBEB59

#DBEB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.168 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBEB59
RGB	rgb(219, 235, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -24.04, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 70.95, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0714 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.168 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.7263, 75.1989, 20.7651)
Luminance	0.7520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBEB59 #6959EB

analogous

#EBB259 #DBEB59 #92EB59

triadic

#DBEB59 #59DBEB #EB59DB

tetradic

#DBEB59 #59EBB2 #6959EB #EB5992

square

#DBEB59 #59EBB2 #6959EB #EB5992

split-complementary

#DBEB59 #5992EB #B259EB

monochromatic

#A3B416 #CFE422 #DBEB59 #E7F290 #F3F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DBEB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#DBEB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBEB59

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBEB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBEB59	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbeb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 235, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.168 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f18e',
    500: '#dbeb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbeb59;
$custom-light: #e9f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbeb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.575,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90108,
    "c": 0.16799,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBEB59

secondary

#4234B4

accent

#0BDB22

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBEB59

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

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