#DCE161#DCE161

#DCE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.150 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE161
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.96, -18.25, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.96, 63.35, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0543 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.15 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5996, 69.9305, 21.7180)
Luminance	0.6993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE161 #6661E1

analogous

#E1A661 #DCE161 #9CE161

triadic

#DCE161 #61DCE1 #E161DC

tetradic

#DCE161 #61E1A6 #6661E1 #E1619C

square

#DCE161 #61E1A6 #6661E1 #E1619C

split-complementary

#DCE161 #619CE1 #A661E1

monochromatic

#A2A820 #D1D72E #DCE161 #E7EB94 #F3F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#DCE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE161

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE161	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.150 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea92',
    500: '#dce161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce161;
$custom-light: #e9ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8813,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE161

secondary

#413CAA

accent

#15D01D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE161

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

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