#DCE253#DCE253

#DCE253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.162 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE253
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -19.68, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 69.51, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0598 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.162 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2746, 70.2343, 18.6687)
Luminance	0.7023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE253 #5953E2

analogous

#E2A053 #DCE253 #95E253

triadic

#DCE253 #53DCE2 #E253DC

tetradic

#DCE253 #53E2A0 #5953E2 #E25395

square

#DCE253 #53E2A0 #5953E2 #E25395

split-complementary

#DCE253 #5395E2 #A053E2

monochromatic

#9AA01B #CDD424 #DCE253 #E7EB87 #F1F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DCE253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE253

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE253	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.162 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea8a',
    500: '#dce253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce253;
$custom-light: #eaea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.517,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88211,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE253

secondary

#3B37A3

accent

#12D31A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE253

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

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