#DCE491#DCE491

#DCE491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.106 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE491
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(66, 36%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 36.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -15.19, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 42.45, 110.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0414 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.106 113)
XYZ	xyz(62.3698, 72.7476, 37.5386)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE491 #9991E4

analogous

#E4C291 #DCE491 #B2E491

triadic

#DCE491 #91DCE4 #E491DC

tetradic

#DCE491 #91E4C2 #9991E4 #E491B2

square

#DCE491 #91E4C2 #9991E4 #E491B2

split-complementary

#DCE491 #91B2E4 #C291E4

monochromatic

#BBC931 #CCD860 #DCE491 #ECF0C2 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#DCE491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE491

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE491	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.106 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ecb2',
    500: '#dce491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce491;
$custom-light: #e8ecb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.783,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89403,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.72747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE491

secondary

#655CBD

accent

#1DC82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE491

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

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