#DCE281#DCE281

#DCE281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.121 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE281
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(64, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 42.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -15.94, 46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 49.23, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0447 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.121 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.6749, 71.1944, 31.3102)
Luminance	0.7119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE281 #8781E2

analogous

#E2B781 #DCE281 #ACE281

triadic

#DCE281 #81DCE2 #E281DC

tetradic

#DCE281 #81E2B7 #8781E2 #E281AC

square

#DCE281 #81E2B7 #8781E2 #E281AC

split-complementary

#DCE281 #81ACE2 #B781E2

monochromatic

#B4BD2C #CED74F #DCE281 #EAEDB3 #F8F9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DCE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#DCE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE281

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE281	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.121 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eba7',
    500: '#dce281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce281;
$custom-light: #e8eba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.711,
    "s": 62.581,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88735,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE281

secondary

#544EBA

accent

#1BCA26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE281

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

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