#DCE461#DCE461

#DCE461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.154 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE461
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -19.71, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 64.63, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.0585 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.154 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.4177, 71.5667, 21.9907)
Luminance	0.7157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE461 #6961E4

analogous

#E4AA61 #DCE461 #9AE461

triadic

#DCE461 #61DCE4 #E461DC

tetradic

#DCE461 #61E4AA #6961E4 #E4619A

square

#DCE461 #61E4AA #6961E4 #E4619A

split-complementary

#DCE461 #619AE4 #AA61E4

monochromatic

#A4AD1E #D0DB2D #DCE461 #E8ED95 #F3F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#DCE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE461

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE461	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.154 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ec92',
    500: '#dce461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce461;
$custom-light: #e9ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.664,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88766,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE461

secondary

#423BAE

accent

#13D31E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE461

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

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