#DCDE61#DCDE61

#DCDE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.147 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE61
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -16.78, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 62.09, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0501 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.147 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.7957, 68.3227, 21.4500)
Luminance	0.6832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE61 #6361DE

analogous

#DEA161 #DCDE61 #9DDE61

triadic

#DCDE61 #61DCDE #DE61DC

tetradic

#DCDE61 #61DEA1 #6361DE #DE619D

square

#DCDE61 #61DEA1 #6361DE #DE619D

split-complementary

#DCDE61 #619DDE #A161DE

monochromatic

#A1A322 #D1D32E #DCDE61 #E7E994 #F2F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DCDE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE61

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE61	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.147 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e892',
    500: '#dcde61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde61;
$custom-light: #e9e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.96,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87495,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE61

secondary

#3F3EA6

accent

#18CD1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE61

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

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