#DCDE56#DCDE56

#DCDE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.156 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE56
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -17.54, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 66.70, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0534 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.156 110)
XYZ	xyz(57.3179, 68.1316, 18.9337)
Luminance	0.6813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE56 #5856DE

analogous

#DE9C56 #DCDE56 #98DE56

triadic

#DCDE56 #56DCDE #DE56DC

tetradic

#DCDE56 #56DE9C #5856DE #DE5698

square

#DCDE56 #56DE9C #5856DE #DE5698

split-complementary

#DCDE56 #5698DE #9C56DE

monochromatic

#999B1E #CCCE28 #DCDE56 #E7E889 #F1F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#DCDE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE56

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE56	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.156 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae88b',
    500: '#dcde56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde56;
$custom-light: #eae88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87388,
    "c": 0.15601,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.6813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE56

secondary

#3B399F

accent

#16CF19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE56

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

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