#DBEE56#DBEE56

#DBEE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.174 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBEE56
RGB	rgb(219, 238, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -25.66, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 73.40, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0762 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.174 116)
XYZ	xyz(61.4690, 76.8819, 20.4038)
Luminance	0.7688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBEE56 #6956EE

analogous

#EEB556 #DBEE56 #8FEE56

triadic

#DBEE56 #56DBEE #EE56DB

tetradic

#DBEE56 #56EEB5 #6956EE #EE568F

square

#DBEE56 #56EEB5 #6956EE #EE568F

split-complementary

#DBEE56 #568FEE #B556EE

monochromatic

#A3B712 #CFE81E #DBEE56 #E7F48E #F3F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DBEE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#DBEE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBEE56

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBEE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBEE56	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbee56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 238, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.174 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f38d',
    500: '#dbee56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbee56;
$custom-light: #e9f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbee56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90727,
    "c": 0.17354,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.76881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBEE56

secondary

#4232B7

accent

#07DE22

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBEE56

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

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