#DCE261#DCE261

#DCE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.151 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE261
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.23, -18.74, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.23, 63.78, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0557 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.151 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.8707, 70.4727, 21.8083)
Luminance	0.7047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE261 #6761E2

analogous

#E2A761 #DCE261 #9BE261

triadic

#DCE261 #61DCE2 #E261DC

tetradic

#DCE261 #61E2A7 #6761E2 #E2619B

square

#DCE261 #61E2A7 #6761E2 #E2619B

split-complementary

#DCE261 #619BE2 #A761E2

monochromatic

#A3A91F #D1D92D #DCE261 #E7EB95 #F3F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#DCE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE261

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE261	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.151 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea92',
    500: '#dce261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce261;
$custom-light: #e9ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.791,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88342,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE261

secondary

#413CAB

accent

#15D11D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE261

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

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