#DCE259#DCE259

#DCE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.158 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE259
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, -19.30, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 67.12, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0581 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.158 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.5163, 70.3310, 19.9420)
Luminance	0.7033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE259 #5F59E2

analogous

#E2A459 #DCE259 #98E259

triadic

#DCE259 #59DCE2 #E259DC

tetradic

#DCE259 #59E2A4 #5F59E2 #E25998

square

#DCE259 #59E2A4 #5F59E2 #E25998

split-complementary

#DCE259 #5998E2 #A459E2

monochromatic

#9EA41D #D0D826 #DCE259 #E7EB8D #F2F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#DCE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE259

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE259	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.158 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea8e',
    500: '#dce259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce259;
$custom-light: #eaea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.628,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88264,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE259

secondary

#3E39A6

accent

#13D21C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE259

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

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