#DCEA51#DCEA51

#DCEA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.172 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEA51
RGB	rgb(220, 234, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.23, -23.66, 69.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.23, 73.56, 108.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0711 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.172 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4248, 74.6564, 19.0100)
Luminance	0.7466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEA51 #5F51EA

analogous

#EAAC51 #DCEA51 #90EA51

triadic

#DCEA51 #51DCEA #EA51DC

tetradic

#DCEA51 #51EAAC #5F51EA #EA5190

square

#DCEA51 #51EAAC #5F51EA #EA5190

split-complementary

#DCEA51 #5190EA #AC51EA

monochromatic

#9EAC15 #D0E21B #DCEA51 #E7F188 #F2F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCEA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#DCEA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEA51

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEA51	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcea51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 234, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.172 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf08a',
    500: '#dcea51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcea51;
$custom-light: #eaf08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcea51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.49,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89903,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEA51

secondary

#3E32AD

accent

#0BDB1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEA51

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

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