#DCE659#DCE659

#DCE659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.162 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE659
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -21.24, 65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 68.79, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0636 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.162 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.6167, 72.5317, 20.3088)
Luminance	0.7253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE659 #6359E6

analogous

#E6A959 #DCE659 #96E659

triadic

#DCE659 #59DCE6 #E659DC

tetradic

#DCE659 #59E6A9 #6359E6 #E65996

square

#DCE659 #59E6A9 #6359E6 #E65996

split-complementary

#DCE659 #5996E6 #A959E6

monochromatic

#A1AB1A #D1DE24 #DCE659 #E7EE8E #F2F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#DCE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE659

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE659	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.162 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8e',
    500: '#dce659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce659;
$custom-light: #eaed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89116,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE659

secondary

#3F37AC

accent

#10D61E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE659

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

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