#DCE481#DCE481

#DCE481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.123 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE481
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 43.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -16.93, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 50.17, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0475 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.123 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.2219, 72.2884, 31.4926)
Luminance	0.7229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE481 #8981E4

analogous

#E4BA81 #DCE481 #ABE481

triadic

#DCE481 #81DCE4 #E481DC

tetradic

#DCE481 #81E4BA #8981E4 #E481AB

square

#DCE481 #81E4BA #8981E4 #E481AB

split-complementary

#DCE481 #81ABE4 #BA81E4

monochromatic

#B5C129 #CED94F #DCE481 #EAEFB3 #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#DCE481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE481

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE481	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.123 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eca7',
    500: '#dce481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce481;
$custom-light: #e8eca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.848,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89156,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE481

secondary

#564DBC

accent

#19CD27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE481

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

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