#DCEB59#DCEB59

#DCEB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.168 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEB59
RGB	rgb(220, 235, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -23.64, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 70.91, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0703 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.168 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.0281, 75.3546, 20.7792)
Luminance	0.7535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEB59 #6859EB

analogous

#EBB159 #DCEB59 #93EB59

triadic

#DCEB59 #59DCEB #EB59DC

tetradic

#DCEB59 #59EBB1 #6859EB #EB5993

square

#DCEB59 #59EBB1 #6859EB #EB5993

split-complementary

#DCEB59 #5993EB #B159EB

monochromatic

#A4B416 #D0E422 #DCEB59 #E8F290 #F3F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCEB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#DCEB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEB59

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEB59	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dceb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 235, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.168 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf18e',
    500: '#dceb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dceb59;
$custom-light: #eaf18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dceb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.164,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90184,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEB59

secondary

#4134B4

accent

#0BDB20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEB59

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

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