#DCE551#DCE551

#DCE551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.167 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE551
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.90, -21.25, 68.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.90, 71.51, 107.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0644 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.167 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0214, 71.8496, 18.5422)
Luminance	0.7185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE551 #5A51E5

analogous

#E5A451 #DCE551 #92E551

triadic

#DCE551 #51DCE5 #E551DC

tetradic

#DCE551 #51E5A4 #5A51E5 #E55192

square

#DCE551 #51E5A4 #5A51E5 #E55192

split-complementary

#DCE551 #5192E5 #A451E5

monochromatic

#9BA318 #CDD820 #DCE551 #E7ED86 #F1F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#DCE551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE551

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE551	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.167 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed89',
    500: '#dce551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce551;
$custom-light: #eaed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.649,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88834,
    "c": 0.16705,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE551

secondary

#3B35A6

accent

#0FD61B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE551

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

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