#DCE051#DCE051

#DCE051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.162 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE051
RGB	rgb(220, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -18.83, 66.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 69.49, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0576 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6578, 69.1225, 18.0877)
Luminance	0.6912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE051 #5551E0

analogous

#E09C51 #DCE051 #95E051

triadic

#DCE051 #51DCE0 #E051DC

tetradic

#DCE051 #51E09C #5551E0 #E05195

square

#DCE051 #51E09C #5551E0 #E05195

split-complementary

#DCE051 #5195E0 #9C51E0

monochromatic

#979B1C #CACF25 #DCE051 #E6E985 #F1F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCE051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#DCE051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE051

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE051	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae989',
    500: '#dce051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce051;
$custom-light: #eae989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87769,
    "c": 0.16181,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE051

secondary

#39379F

accent

#3BED40

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE051

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

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