#DCE751#DCE751

#DCE751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.169 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE751
RGB	rgb(220, 231, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.43, -22.22, 68.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.43, 72.32, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0671 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.169 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.5779, 72.9627, 18.7277)
Luminance	0.7296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE751 #5C51E7

analogous

#E7A751 #DCE751 #91E751

triadic

#DCE751 #51DCE7 #E751DC

tetradic

#DCE751 #51E7A7 #5C51E7 #E75191

square

#DCE751 #51E7A7 #5C51E7 #E75191

split-complementary

#DCE751 #5191E7 #A751E7

monochromatic

#9CA717 #CEDC1E #DCE751 #E7EE87 #F2F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#DCE751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE751

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE751	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 231, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.169 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaee89',
    500: '#dce751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce751;
$custom-light: #eaee89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.4,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89261,
    "c": 0.16917,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE751

secondary

#3C34A8

accent

#0ED81C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE751

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

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