#DCE871#DCE871

#DCE871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.144 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE871
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 113)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 51.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -20.38, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 59.43, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0587 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.144 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.3535, 74.1221, 26.6945)
Luminance	0.7412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE871 #7D71E8

analogous

#E8B871 #DCE871 #A1E871

triadic

#DCE871 #71DCE8 #E871DC

tetradic

#DCE871 #71E8B8 #7D71E8 #E871A1

square

#DCE871 #71E8B8 #7D71E8 #E871A1

split-complementary

#DCE871 #71A1E8 #B871E8

monochromatic

#AFC01F #CFDF3C #DCE871 #E9F1A6 #F6F9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#DCE871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE871

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE871	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.144 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef9d',
    500: '#dce871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce871;
$custom-light: #e9ef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.05,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89792,
    "c": 0.14395,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE871

secondary

#4C3FBF

accent

#11D425

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE871

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

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