#DCE951#DCE951

#DCE951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.171 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE951
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.96, -23.18, 69.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.96, 73.15, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0698 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.171 114)
XYZ	xyz(60.1409, 74.0887, 18.9154)
Luminance	0.7409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE951 #5E51E9

analogous

#E9AA51 #DCE951 #90E951

triadic

#DCE951 #51DCE9 #E951DC

tetradic

#DCE951 #51E9AA #5E51E9 #E95190

square

#DCE951 #51E9AA #5E51E9 #E95190

split-complementary

#DCE951 #5190E9 #AA51E9

monochromatic

#9DAA16 #D0E01C #DCE951 #E7F087 #F2F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#DCE951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE951

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE951	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)

#F9DE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.171 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef89',
    500: '#dce951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce951;
$custom-light: #eaef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.132,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89689,
    "c": 0.17131,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.74088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE951

secondary

#3D33AB

accent

#0CDA1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE951

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

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