#DCE971#DCE971

#DCE971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.145 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE971
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 113)
HSL	hsl(67, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(67, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 51.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -20.87, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 59.89, 110.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0601 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.145 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6358, 74.6866, 26.7886)
Luminance	0.7469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE971 #7E71E9

analogous

#E9BA71 #DCE971 #A0E971

triadic

#DCE971 #71DCE9 #E971DC

tetradic

#DCE971 #71E9BA #7E71E9 #E971A0

square

#DCE971 #71E9BA #7E71E9 #E971A0

split-complementary

#DCE971 #71A0E9 #BA71E9

monochromatic

#B0C21E #CFE13C #DCE971 #E9F1A6 #F6F9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCE971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#DCE971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE971

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE971	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.145 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f09d',
    500: '#dce971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce971;
$custom-light: #e9f09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90005,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE971

secondary

#4C3EC0

accent

#10D526

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE971

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

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