#DCE591#DCE591

#DCE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.107 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE591
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(66, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 36.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -15.69, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 42.94, 111.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.0428 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.107 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.6457, 73.2994, 37.6306)
Luminance	0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE591 #9A91E5

analogous

#E5C491 #DCE591 #B2E591

triadic

#DCE591 #91DCE5 #E591DC

tetradic

#DCE591 #91E5C4 #9A91E5 #E591B2

square

#DCE591 #91E5C4 #9A91E5 #E591B2

split-complementary

#DCE591 #91B2E5 #C491E5

monochromatic

#BBCB30 #CCD95F #DCE591 #ECF1C2 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#DCE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE591

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE591	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DF95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.107 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb2',
    500: '#dce591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce591;
$custom-light: #e8edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89613,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE591

secondary

#665CBE

accent

#1CC92F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE591

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

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