#DCEE59#DCEE59

#DCEE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.171 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEE59
RGB	rgb(220, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -25.07, 67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 72.20, 110.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.0743 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.171 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8943, 77.0869, 21.0680)
Luminance	0.7709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEE59 #6B59EE

analogous

#EEB559 #DCEE59 #92EE59

triadic

#DCEE59 #59DCEE #EE59DC

tetradic

#DCEE59 #59EEB5 #6B59EE #EE5992

square

#DCEE59 #59EEB5 #6B59EE #EE5992

split-complementary

#DCEE59 #5992EE #B559EE

monochromatic

#A5BA13 #D0E821 #DCEE59 #E8F491 #F3F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCEE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#DCEE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEE59

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEE59	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.171 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf38e',
    500: '#dcee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcee59;
$custom-light: #eaf38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.248,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90828,
    "c": 0.17105,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEE59

secondary

#4333B9

accent

#08DE22

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEE59

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

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