#DCF259#DCF259

#DCF259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.176 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF259
RGB	rgb(220, 242, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.43, -26.96, 68.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.43, 73.93, 111.39°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0796 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.176 117)
XYZ	xyz(63.0718, 79.4419, 21.4605)
Luminance	0.7944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF259 #6F59F2

analogous

#F2BB59 #DCF259 #90F259

triadic

#DCF259 #59DCF2 #F259DC

tetradic

#DCF259 #59F2BB #6F59F2 #F25990

square

#DCF259 #59F2BB #6F59F2 #F25990

split-complementary

#DCF259 #5990F2 #BB59F2

monochromatic

#A8C10F #D0EE20 #DCF259 #E8F692 #F4FBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DCF259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#DCF259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF259

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF259	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 242, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.176 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf68f',
    500: '#dcf259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf259;
$custom-light: #eaf68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.627,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91688,
    "c": 0.17555,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.79441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF259

secondary

#4530BF

accent

#04E224

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF259

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →