#DCDE55#DCDE55

#DCDE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.157 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE55
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.06, -17.60, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.06, 67.11, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0537 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.157 110)
XYZ	xyz(57.2779, 68.1156, 18.7229)
Luminance	0.6811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE55 #5755DE

analogous

#DE9C55 #DCDE55 #97DE55

triadic

#DCDE55 #55DCDE #DE55DC

tetradic

#DCDE55 #55DE9C #5755DE #DE5597

square

#DCDE55 #55DE9C #5755DE #DE5597

split-complementary

#DCDE55 #5597DE #9C55DE

monochromatic

#999B1E #CBCE28 #DCDE55 #E7E888 #F1F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#DCDE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE55

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE55	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.157 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae88b',
    500: '#dcde55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde55;
$custom-light: #eae88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.876,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87379,
    "c": 0.15677,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.68114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE55

secondary

#3A399E

accent

#16CF19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE55

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

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