#DCEA59#DCEA59

#DCEA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.167 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEA59
RGB	rgb(220, 234, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.29, -23.16, 66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.29, 70.48, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.069 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.167 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.7426, 74.7836, 20.6841)
Luminance	0.7478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEA59 #6759EA

analogous

#EAAF59 #DCEA59 #93EA59

triadic

#DCEA59 #59DCEA #EA59DC

tetradic

#DCEA59 #59EAAF #6759EA #EA5993

square

#DCEA59 #59EAAF #6759EA #EA5993

split-complementary

#DCEA59 #5993EA #AF59EA

monochromatic

#A3B217 #D1E323 #DCEA59 #E7F18F #F3F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCEA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#DCEA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEA59

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEA59	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcea59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 234, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.167 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf08e',
    500: '#dcea59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcea59;
$custom-light: #eaf08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcea59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8997,
    "c": 0.16661,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEA59

secondary

#4135B2

accent

#0CDA20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEA59

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

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