#DCE559#DCE559

#DCE559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.161 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE559
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -20.75, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 68.37, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.9% -0.0622 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(88.9% 0.161 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3392, 71.9768, 20.2163)
Luminance	0.7198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE559 #6259E5

analogous

#E5A859 #DCE559 #96E559

triadic

#DCE559 #59DCE5 #E559DC

tetradic

#DCE559 #59E5A8 #6259E5 #E55996

square

#DCE559 #59E5A8 #6259E5 #E55996

split-complementary

#DCE559 #5996E5 #A859E5

monochromatic

#A0A91A #D1DD24 #DCE559 #E7ED8E #F2F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#DCE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE559

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE559	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.161 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8e',
    500: '#dce559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce559;
$custom-light: #eaed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88902,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE559

secondary

#3F37AB

accent

#10D51D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE559

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

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