#DCE251#DCE251

#DCE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.164 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE251
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -19.80, 67.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 70.29, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0603 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.164 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.1985, 70.2038, 18.2679)
Luminance	0.7020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE251 #5751E2

analogous

#E2A051 #DCE251 #93E251

triadic

#DCE251 #51DCE2 #E251DC

tetradic

#DCE251 #51E2A0 #5751E2 #E25193

square

#DCE251 #51E2A0 #5751E2 #E25193

split-complementary

#DCE251 #5193E2 #A051E2

monochromatic

#999E1A #CBD323 #DCE251 #E7EB85 #F1F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#DCE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE251

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE251	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.164 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea89',
    500: '#dce251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce251;
$custom-light: #eaea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.483,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88194,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE251

secondary

#3A36A1

accent

#12D31A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE251

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

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