#DCEA61#DCEA61

#DCEA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.160 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEA61
RGB	rgb(220, 234, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.36, -22.61, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.36, 67.24, 109.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0666 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.16 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0970, 74.9253, 22.5504)
Luminance	0.7492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEA61 #6F61EA

analogous

#EAB361 #DCEA61 #98EA61

triadic

#DCEA61 #61DCEA #EA61DC

tetradic

#DCEA61 #61EAB3 #6F61EA #EA6198

square

#DCEA61 #61EAB3 #6F61EA #EA6198

split-complementary

#DCEA61 #6198EA #B361EA

monochromatic

#A8B818 #D0E32B #DCEA61 #E8F197 #F4F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCEA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#DCEA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEA61

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEA61	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcea61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 234, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.160 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf093',
    500: '#dcea61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcea61;
$custom-light: #eaf093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcea61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.131,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90045,
    "c": 0.16031,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEA61

secondary

#4538B8

accent

#0DD922

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEA61

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

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