#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
RGBrgb(220, 229, 89)
HSLhsl(64, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(64, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(3.9%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(87.96, -20.75, 65.14)
CIE-LCHlch(87.96, 68.37, 107.67°)
OKLaboklab(88.9% -0.0622 0.1486)
OKLCHoklch(88.9% 0.161 112.7)
XYZxyz(59.3392, 71.9768, 20.2163)
Luminance0.7198 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##DCE5591.001.3615.4015.40
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4021.001.001.00
##00000015.4021.001.001.00

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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#DCE559 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva