#DCE252#DCE252

#DCE252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.163 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE252
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -19.74, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 69.90, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0601 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.163 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2362, 70.2189, 18.4669)
Luminance	0.7022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE252 #5852E2

analogous

#E2A052 #DCE252 #94E252

triadic

#DCE252 #52DCE2 #E252DC

tetradic

#DCE252 #52E2A0 #5852E2 #E25294

square

#DCE252 #52E2A0 #5852E2 #E25294

split-complementary

#DCE252 #5294E2 #A052E2

monochromatic

#999F1B #CCD323 #DCE252 #E7EB86 #F1F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#DCE252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE252

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE252	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)

#F3D83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.163 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea89',
    500: '#dce252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce252;
$custom-light: #eaea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88203,
    "c": 0.16317,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE252

secondary

#3B36A2

accent

#12D31A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE252

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

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