#DCE489#DCE489

#DCE489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.115 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE489
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(65, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 39.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -16.09, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 46.34, 110.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0445 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.115 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.7746, 72.5095, 34.4035)
Luminance	0.7251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE489 #9189E4

analogous

#E4BF89 #DCE489 #AFE489

triadic

#DCE489 #89DCE4 #E489DC

tetradic

#DCE489 #89E4BF #9189E4 #E489AF

square

#DCE489 #89E4BF #9189E4 #E489AF

split-complementary

#DCE489 #89AFE4 #BF89E4

monochromatic

#B8C52D #CDD957 #DCE489 #EBEFBB #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#DCE489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE489

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE489	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.115 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ecad',
    500: '#dce489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce489;
$custom-light: #e8ecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.275,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89275,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE489

secondary

#5E55BD

accent

#1BCB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE489

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

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