#DCE859#DCE859

#DCE859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.164 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE859
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -22.20, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 69.63, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0663 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.164 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.1765, 73.6512, 20.4954)
Luminance	0.7365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE859 #6559E8

analogous

#E8AC59 #DCE859 #94E859

triadic

#DCE859 #59DCE8 #E859DC

tetradic

#DCE859 #59E8AC #6559E8 #E85994

square

#DCE859 #59E8AC #6559E8 #E85994

split-complementary

#DCE859 #5994E8 #AC59E8

monochromatic

#A2AE18 #D1E123 #DCE859 #E7EF8F #F3F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#DCE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE859

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE859	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.164 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8e',
    500: '#dce859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce859;
$custom-light: #eaef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.035,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89543,
    "c": 0.1644,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE859

secondary

#4036AF

accent

#0ED81F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE859

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

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