#DCE561#DCE561

#DCE561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.155 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE561
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -20.20, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 65.06, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.0598 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.155 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.6936, 72.1185, 22.0826)
Luminance	0.7212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE561 #6A61E5

analogous

#E5AC61 #DCE561 #9AE561

triadic

#DCE561 #61DCE5 #E561DC

tetradic

#DCE561 #61E5AC #6A61E5 #E5619A

square

#DCE561 #61E5AC #6A61E5 #E5619A

split-complementary

#DCE561 #619AE5 #AC61E5

monochromatic

#A5AF1D #D0DC2C #DCE561 #E8EE96 #F3F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#DCE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE561

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE561	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.155 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ed93',
    500: '#dce561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce561;
$custom-light: #e9ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88979,
    "c": 0.15472,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE561

secondary

#423AB0

accent

#12D41F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE561

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

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