#DCE761#DCE761

#DCE761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.157 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE761
RGB	rgb(220, 231, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -21.17, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 65.93, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0626 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.157 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2502, 73.2316, 22.2682)
Luminance	0.7323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE761 #6C61E7

analogous

#E7AF61 #DCE761 #99E761

triadic

#DCE761 #61DCE7 #E761DC

tetradic

#DCE761 #61E7AF #6C61E7 #E76199

square

#DCE761 #61E7AF #6C61E7 #E76199

split-complementary

#DCE761 #6199E7 #AF61E7

monochromatic

#A6B21B #D0DF2C #DCE761 #E8EF96 #F4F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#DCE761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE761

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE761	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 231, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.157 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ee93',
    500: '#dce761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce761;
$custom-light: #e9ee93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.925,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89405,
    "c": 0.15694,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE761

secondary

#4339B3

accent

#10D620

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE761

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

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