#DCE487#DCE487

#DCE487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.117 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE487
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(65, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 40.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -16.30, 44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 47.30, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0452 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.117 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.6324, 72.4526, 33.6550)
Luminance	0.7245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE487 #8F87E4

analogous

#E4BD87 #DCE487 #ADE487

triadic

#DCE487 #87DCE4 #E487DC

tetradic

#DCE487 #87E4BD #8F87E4 #E487AD

square

#DCE487 #87E4BD #8F87E4 #E487AD

split-complementary

#DCE487 #87ADE4 #BD87E4

monochromatic

#B7C42C #CDD955 #DCE487 #EBEFB9 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#DCE487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE487

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE487	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.117 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ecab',
    500: '#dce487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce487;
$custom-light: #e8ecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.161,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89245,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE487

secondary

#5C53BC

accent

#1ACB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE487

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

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