#DCE451#DCE451

#DCE451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.166 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE451
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.63, -20.77, 68.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.63, 71.10, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.063 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.166 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.7455, 71.2978, 18.4503)
Luminance	0.7130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE451 #5951E4

analogous

#E4A251 #DCE451 #93E451

triadic

#DCE451 #51DCE4 #E451DC

tetradic

#DCE451 #51E4A2 #5951E4 #E45193

square

#DCE451 #51E4A2 #5951E4 #E45193

split-complementary

#DCE451 #5193E4 #A251E4

monochromatic

#9AA219 #CDD721 #DCE451 #E7EC86 #F1F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DCE451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#DCE451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE451

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE451	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.166 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec89',
    500: '#dce451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce451;
$custom-light: #eaec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.265,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8862,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE451

secondary

#3B35A4

accent

#10D51B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE451

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

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