#DCE861#DCE861

#DCE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.158 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE861
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -21.65, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 66.36, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0639 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.158 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5308, 73.7930, 22.3617)
Luminance	0.7379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE861 #6D61E8

analogous

#E8B061 #DCE861 #99E861

triadic

#DCE861 #61DCE8 #E861DC

tetradic

#DCE861 #61E8B0 #6D61E8 #E86199

square

#DCE861 #61E8B0 #6D61E8 #E86199

split-complementary

#DCE861 #6199E8 #B061E8

monochromatic

#A7B41A #D0E02C #DCE861 #E8F096 #F4F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#DCE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE861

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE861	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.158 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef93',
    500: '#dce861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce861;
$custom-light: #e9ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89618,
    "c": 0.15806,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE861

secondary

#4439B5

accent

#0FD721

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE861

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

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