#DCE651#DCE651

#DCE651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.168 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE651
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -21.74, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 71.91, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.0658 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.168 113)
XYZ	xyz(59.2988, 72.4046, 18.6347)
Luminance	0.7240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE651 #5B51E6

analogous

#E6A551 #DCE651 #91E651

triadic

#DCE651 #51DCE6 #E651DC

tetradic

#DCE651 #51E6A5 #5B51E6 #E65191

square

#DCE651 #51E6A5 #5B51E6 #E65191

split-complementary

#DCE651 #5191E6 #A551E6

monochromatic

#9BA518 #CEDA1F #DCE651 #E7EE87 #F2F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#DCE651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE651

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE651	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.168 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed89',
    500: '#dce651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce651;
$custom-light: #eaed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.027,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89047,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.72403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE651

secondary

#3C34A7

accent

#0ED71C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE651

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

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