#DCEC59#DCEC59

#DCEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.169 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEC59
RGB	rgb(220, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -24.12, 67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 71.34, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.4% -0.0716 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(90.4% 0.169 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.3152, 75.9288, 20.8749)
Luminance	0.7593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEC59 #6959EC

analogous

#ECB259 #DCEC59 #92EC59

triadic

#DCEC59 #59DCEC #EC59DC

tetradic

#DCEC59 #59ECB2 #6959EC #EC5992

square

#DCEC59 #59ECB2 #6959EC #EC5992

split-complementary

#DCEC59 #5992EC #B259EC

monochromatic

#A4B615 #D0E622 #DCEC59 #E8F290 #F3F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DCEC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#DCEC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEC59

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEC59	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.169 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf28e',
    500: '#dcec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcec59;
$custom-light: #eaf28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.531,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90399,
    "c": 0.16882,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEC59

secondary

#4234B5

accent

#0ADC21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEC59

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

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