#DCE151#DCE151

#DCE151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.163 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE151
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.83, -19.31, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.83, 69.89, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.059 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.163 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9273, 69.6616, 18.1775)
Luminance	0.6966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE151 #5651E1

analogous

#E19E51 #DCE151 #94E151

triadic

#DCE151 #51DCE1 #E151DC

tetradic

#DCE151 #51E19E #5651E1 #E15194

square

#DCE151 #51E19E #5651E1 #E15194

split-complementary

#DCE151 #5194E1 #9E51E1

monochromatic

#989D1B #CBD124 #DCE151 #E7EA85 #F1F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCE151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#DCE151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE151

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE151	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.163 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea89',
    500: '#dce151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce151;
$custom-light: #eaea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87982,
    "c": 0.16285,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE151

secondary

#3A36A0

accent

#3AED41

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE151

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

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