#DCE231#DCE231

#DCE231 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.182 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE231
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -21.29, 78.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 80.89, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0673 0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.182 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2680, 69.8316, 13.3673)
Luminance	0.6983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE231 #3731E2

analogous

#E29031 #DCE231 #84E231

triadic

#DCE231 #31DCE2 #E231DC

tetradic

#DCE231 #31E290 #3731E2 #E23184

square

#DCE231 #31E290 #3731E2 #E23184

split-complementary

#DCE231 #3184E2 #9031E2

monochromatic

#828613 #B6BB1A #DCE231 #E5EA67 #EEF19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#DCE231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE231

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE231	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.182 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea79',
    500: '#dce231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce231;
$custom-light: #ebea79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.034,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8799,
    "c": 0.18235,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE231

secondary

#2F2B8C

accent

#36F23C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE231

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

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