#DCE159#DCE159

#DCE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.157 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE159
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -18.81, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 66.70, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0567 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.157 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.2452, 69.7887, 19.8516)
Luminance	0.6979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE159 #5E59E1

analogous

#E1A259 #DCE159 #98E159

triadic

#DCE159 #59DCE1 #E159DC

tetradic

#DCE159 #59E1A2 #5E59E1 #E15998

square

#DCE159 #59E1A2 #5E59E1 #E15998

split-complementary

#DCE159 #5998E1 #A259E1

monochromatic

#9DA21D #D0D627 #DCE159 #E7EA8D #F2F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#DCE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE159

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE159	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.157 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea8d',
    500: '#dce159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce159;
$custom-light: #eaea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.206,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88052,
    "c": 0.15684,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE159

secondary

#3D39A5

accent

#14D11B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE159

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

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