#DCE851#DCE851

#DCE851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.170 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE851
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.70, -22.70, 69.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.70, 72.73, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0685 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.17 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8586, 73.5241, 18.8213)
Luminance	0.7352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE851 #5D51E8

analogous

#E8A951 #DCE851 #91E851

triadic

#DCE851 #51DCE8 #E851DC

tetradic

#DCE851 #51E8A9 #5D51E8 #E85191

square

#DCE851 #51E8A9 #5D51E8 #E85191

split-complementary

#DCE851 #5191E8 #A951E8

monochromatic

#9DA816 #CFDE1D #DCE851 #E7EF87 #F2F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#DCE851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE851

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE851	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.170 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef89',
    500: '#dce851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce851;
$custom-light: #eaef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.768,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89475,
    "c": 0.17024,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE851

secondary

#3D33AA

accent

#0DD91D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE851

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

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