#DCDE59#DCDE59

#DCDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.154 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE59
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -17.34, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 65.47, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0526 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.154 110)
XYZ	xyz(57.4413, 68.1809, 19.5836)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE59 #5B59DE

analogous

#DE9D59 #DCDE59 #99DE59

triadic

#DCDE59 #59DCDE #DE59DC

tetradic

#DCDE59 #59DE9D #5B59DE #DE5999

square

#DCDE59 #59DE9D #5B59DE #DE5999

split-complementary

#DCDE59 #5999DE #9D59DE

monochromatic

#9B9D1F #CED029 #DCDE59 #E7E88C #F2F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DCDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE59

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE59	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.154 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae88d',
    500: '#dcde59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde59;
$custom-light: #eae88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87416,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.68179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE59

secondary

#3C3AA1

accent

#17CF1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE59

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

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