#DCE661#DCE661

#DCE661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.156 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE661
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.29, -20.68, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.29, 65.50, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0612 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.156 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9711, 72.6735, 22.1751)
Luminance	0.7267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE661 #6B61E6

analogous

#E6AE61 #DCE661 #9AE661

triadic

#DCE661 #61DCE6 #E661DC

tetradic

#DCE661 #61E6AE #6B61E6 #E6619A

square

#DCE661 #61E6AE #6B61E6 #E6619A

split-complementary

#DCE661 #619AE6 #AE61E6

monochromatic

#A5B11C #D0DE2C #DCE661 #E8EE96 #F3F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#DCE661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE661

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE661	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.156 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ed93',
    500: '#dce661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce661;
$custom-light: #e9ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.511,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89192,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE661

secondary

#433AB1

accent

#11D51F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE661

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

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