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#dbfe39

a balanced, electric green · warm · closest name: Green Yellow

Token name suggestion: Studio Jade

RGB
219, 254, 57
HSL
71°, 99%, 61%
CMYK
14, 0, 78, 0
Luminance
0.8624

#dbfe39 is a balanced electric green, 71° on the wheel and 34/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.25:1). As text it scores 1.15:1 on white — use #687F01 instead. Nearest name is Green Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(71 99% 61%)rgb(219 254 57)Base step 500AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dbfe39 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dbfe39
Hue
71°
green
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
61%
balanced
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8624
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
34/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.25:1
Closest name
Green Yellow
ΔE2000 6.9
Chroma
89.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.940
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 14.5
Web-safe
#CCFF33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue71° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness61%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dbfe39.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool34% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red17%
Green82%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#dbfe39
HEX (8-digit)#dbfe39ff
RGBrgb(219, 254, 57)
RGBArgba(219, 254, 57, 1)
HSLhsl(71, 99%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(71, 78%, 100%)
HWBhwb(71 22% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 78%, 0%)
LABlab(94.4 -34.5 82.5)
LCHlch(94.4 89.5 112.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.940 0.208 119.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(65.40, 86.24, 17.07)
Decimal14417465
Display P3color(display-p3 0.859 0.996 0.224)
Web-safe#CCFF33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dbfe39;
background-color: #dbfe39;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dbfe39;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dbfe39] bg-[#dbfe39]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dbfe39;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.859, green: 0.996, blue: 0.224)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.859, green: 0.996, blue: 0.224, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DBFE39</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDBFE39)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDBFE39)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(57, 254, 219)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(219, 254, 57)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(219, 254, 57)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 219, 254, 57)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8588f, 0.9961f, 0.2235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{219,254,57}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dbfe39 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dbfe39 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#687F01, #E9EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dbfe39 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBFEF1;
  --brand-100: #F8FCE3;
  --brand-200: #F1FBC0;
  --brand-300: #EBFE8F;
  --brand-400: #E0FE58;
  --brand-500: #dbfe39;
  --brand-600: #C8F401;
  --brand-700: #A7CB01;
  --brand-800: #86A201;
  --brand-900: #617505;
  --brand-950: #3D4903;
  --brand: #dbfe39;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E5EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #D4FE16;
  --brand-pressed: #C4EF01;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #212414;
    --brand-ink: #E9EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBFEF1',
        100: '#F8FCE3',
        200: '#F1FBC0',
        300: '#EBFE8F',
        400: '#E0FE58',
        500: '#dbfe39',
        600: '#C8F401',
        700: '#A7CB01',
        800: '#86A201',
        900: '#617505',
        950: '#3D4903',
        DEFAULT: '#dbfe39',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBFEF1,
  '100': #F8FCE3,
  '200': #F1FBC0,
  '300': #EBFE8F,
  '400': #E0FE58,
  '500': #dbfe39,
  '600': #C8F401,
  '700': #A7CB01,
  '800': #86A201,
  '900': #617505,
  '950': #3D4903,
);
$brand-base: #dbfe39;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBFEF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8FCE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F1FBC0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EBFE8F", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E0FE58", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#dbfe39", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C8F401", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A7CB01", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#86A201", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#617505", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3D4903", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #dbfe39 · 18.25:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.15:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.25:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dbfe39 as text scores 1.15:1 on white and 18.25:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #687F01 at 3.95:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#687F01 · 4.54:1
AA on white−36% L
#687F01
The quick fox
#4B5B00 · 7.51:1
AAA on white−43% L
#4B5B00
The quick fox
#dbfe39 · 18.25:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dbfe39
The quick fox
#dbfe39 · 18.25:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dbfe39

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #819D01 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#dbfe39 on white: 1.15:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dbfe39 on black: 18.25:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dbfe39 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dbfe39.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.15:1AaAa
Slate 501.10:1AaAa
Slate 1001.05:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.29:1AaAa
Slate 4002.23:1AaAa
Slate 5004.14:1AaAa
Slate 6006.58:1AaAa
Slate 7009.00:1AaAa
Slate 80012.71:1AaAa
Slate 90015.51:1AaAa
Black18.25:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFEF00
deuteranopia · #FFEF4D
tritanopia · #E8F0DA

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #dbfe39 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBFEF1
#F8FCE3
#F1FBC0
#EBFE8F
#E0FE58
#dbfe39
#C8F401
#A7CB01
#86A201
#617505
#3D4903
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FBFEF1Darkest = 950 · #3D4903Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.052 119.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.083 119.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.125 119.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.162 119.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.191 119.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.208 119.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.208 119.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.195 119.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.175 119.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.145 119.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.114 119.8);
}

Colors that work with #dbfe39

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E5EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8D9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3846FF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#687F01
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAFFE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#212414
Dark-mode background
Hover#D4FE16
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C4EF01
Two steps down
Disabled#DADDCA
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DFFF4D
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #dbfe39

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #687F01
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #819D01

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight39/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#5C39FE
Analogous left#FEBF39
Analogous right#78FE39
Split-complement 1#3978FE
Split-complement 2#BF39FE
Triadic 1#39DBFE
Triadic 2#FE39DB
Tetradic#39FEBF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°71°

#dbfe39 sits at 71°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.9%
Green99.6%
Blue22.4%
R · 0–255
219
0xdb
G · 0–255
254
0xfe
B · 0–255
57
0x39

CMYK percentages

Cyan13.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow77.6%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 92%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dbfe39 text on a black background

contrast 18.25:1

Card sample

#dbfe39 text on a white background

contrast 1.15:1

Card sample

#dbfe39 on grey

1.05:1

#dbfe39 on its own surface

1.10:1

#dbfe39 on its dark surface

13.75:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dbfe39;
Background color
Panel with #dbfe39 background
background-color: #dbfe39;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dbfe39;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(219, 254, 57, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(219, 254, 57, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dbfe39;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbfe39, #58FE39);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dbfe39, #39FE4C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dbfe39;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dbfe39;
caret-color: #dbfe39;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dbfe39;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAFFE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dbfe39;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dbfe39 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dbfe39 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(219, 254, 57, 0.5)
rgb(219 254 57 / 50%)
#dbfe3980
hsl(71 99% 61% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dbfe39 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dbfe391a#FBFFEB
20%#dbfe3933#F8FFD7
40%#dbfe3966#F1FFB0
60%#dbfe3999#E9FE88
80%#dbfe39cc#E2FE61

Gradients from #dbfe39

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E6FE76, #dbfe39 45%, #687F01);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dbfe39, #2BFE1B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dbfe39, #5C39FE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #ECFE94 0%, #dbfe39 45%, #687F01 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEC36C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #7FFE58 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #687F01 0%, transparent 65%), #dbfe39;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dbfe39

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#dbfe39 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.25:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#dbfe39, answered

What color is #dbfe39?

#dbfe39 is a balanced electric green, closest to Green Yellow (ΔE2000 6.9). It sits at 71° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 61% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #dbfe39?

rgb(219, 254, 57) — 219 red, 254 green and 57 blue out of 255, or 85.9% / 99.6% / 22.4% by channel.

What is #dbfe39 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(71, 99%, 61%) and hsv(71, 78%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dbfe39 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8624 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 18.25:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dbfe39?

Black. It scores 18.25:1 against #dbfe39, versus 1.15:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dbfe39 accessible on a white background?

#dbfe39 on white scores 1.15:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #687F01 to reach 4.5:1, or #4B5B00 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dbfe39?

#5C39FE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #3978FE and #BF39FE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dbfe39?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E5EDC0 for borders, #8D9B4B for secondary text, #3846FF as an accent and #687F01 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FEBF39 and #78FE39 stays calm, while #5C39FE is the loudest partner.

What is #dbfe39 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 0%, 78%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #dbfe39 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 34 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FED939; nudged cooler, #93FF38.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dbfe39?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 14.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dbfe39 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dbfe39 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dbfe39] or text-[#dbfe39], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #dbfe39 with 50% opacity?

rgba(219, 254, 57, 0.5), or #dbfe3980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EDFF9C; over black, #6E7F1D.

Is #dbfe39 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF33, ΔE2000 2.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dbfe39 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #dbfe39?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E6FE76, #dbfe39 45%, #687F01). For more colour, a short hue run to #2BFE1B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dbfe39 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dbfe39 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.