#DCE987#DCE987

#DCE987 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.123 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE987
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(68, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 42.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -18.76, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 49.73, 112.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0522 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.123 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0279, 75.2435, 34.1201)
Luminance	0.7524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE987 #9487E9

analogous

#E9C587 #DCE987 #ABE987

triadic

#DCE987 #87DCE9 #E987DC

tetradic

#DCE987 #87E9C5 #9487E9 #E987AB

square

#DCE987 #87E9C5 #9487E9 #E987AB

split-complementary

#DCE987 #87ABE9 #C587E9

monochromatic

#B9D026 #CDE053 #DCE987 #EBF2BB #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCE987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#DCE987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE987

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE987	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.123 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0ab',
    500: '#dce987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce987;
$custom-light: #e8f0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.959,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90298,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE987

secondary

#6152C3

accent

#15D12E

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE987

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

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