#DCE249#DCE249

#DCE249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.169 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE249
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -20.25, 70.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 73.28, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0624 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.169 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9160, 70.0908, 16.7800)
Luminance	0.7009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE249 #4F49E2

analogous

#E29B49 #DCE249 #8FE249

triadic

#DCE249 #49DCE2 #E249DC

tetradic

#DCE249 #49E29B #4F49E2 #E2498F

square

#DCE249 #49E29B #4F49E2 #E2498F

split-complementary

#DCE249 #498FE2 #9B49E2

monochromatic

#939818 #C6CD21 #DCE249 #E6EA7E #F0F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#DCE249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE249

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE249	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.169 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea84',
    500: '#dce249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce249;
$custom-light: #eaea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88132,
    "c": 0.16934,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE249

secondary

#37339C

accent

#39EF40

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE249

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

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