#DCEB51#DCEB51

#DCEB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.173 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEB51
RGB	rgb(220, 235, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -24.13, 69.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 73.98, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0725 0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.173 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7103, 75.2274, 19.1052)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEB51 #6051EB

analogous

#EBAD51 #DCEB51 #8FEB51

triadic

#DCEB51 #51DCEB #EB51DC

tetradic

#DCEB51 #51EBAD #6051EB #EB518F

square

#DCEB51 #51EBAD #6051EB #EB518F

split-complementary

#DCEB51 #518FEB #AD51EB

monochromatic

#9FAE14 #D1E51A #DCEB51 #E7F188 #F2F8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCEB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#DCEB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEB51

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEB51	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)

#FBE03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dceb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 235, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.173 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf18a',
    500: '#dceb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dceb51;
$custom-light: #eaf18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dceb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.844,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90118,
    "c": 0.17347,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEB51

secondary

#3E32AE

accent

#0ADC1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEB51

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

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