#DCE459#DCE459

#DCE459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.160 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE459
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -20.27, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 67.95, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% -0.0608 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.16 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0633, 71.4250, 20.1243)
Luminance	0.7142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE459 #6159E4

analogous

#E4A659 #DCE459 #97E459

triadic

#DCE459 #59DCE4 #E459DC

tetradic

#DCE459 #59E4A6 #6159E4 #E45997

square

#DCE459 #59E4A6 #6159E4 #E45997

split-complementary

#DCE459 #5997E4 #A659E4

monochromatic

#9FA71B #D1DB24 #DCE459 #E7ED8E #F2F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#DCE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE459

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE459	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.160 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec8e',
    500: '#dce459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce459;
$custom-light: #eaec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88689,
    "c": 0.16005,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE459

secondary

#3E38A9

accent

#11D41D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE459

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

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