#DCCE59#DCCE59

#DCCE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.138 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCE59
RGB	rgb(220, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -9.35, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 59.27, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0299 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.138 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3916, 60.0815, 18.2337)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCE59 #5967DC

analogous

#DC8C59 #DCCE59 #A8DC59

triadic

#DCCE59 #59DCCE #CE59DC

tetradic

#DCCE59 #59DC8C #5967DC #DC59A8

square

#DCCE59 #59DC8C #5967DC #DC59A8

split-complementary

#DCCE59 #59A8DC #8C59DC

monochromatic

#9A8D20 #CDBB2B #DCCE59 #E7DD8C #F1ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DCCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#DCCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCE59

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCE59	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.138 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8c',
    500: '#dcce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcce59;
$custom-light: #eadc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8406,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCE59

secondary

#3B469E

accent

#2CCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCE59

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

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