#DCDE57#DCDE57

#DCDE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.155 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE57
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -17.47, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 66.29, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0532 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.155 110)
XYZ	xyz(57.3585, 68.1478, 19.1473)
Luminance	0.6815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE57 #5957DE

analogous

#DE9C57 #DCDE57 #98DE57

triadic

#DCDE57 #57DCDE #DE57DC

tetradic

#DCDE57 #57DE9C #5957DE #DE5798

square

#DCDE57 #57DE9C #5957DE #DE5798

split-complementary

#DCDE57 #5798DE #9C57DE

monochromatic

#9A9C1F #CDCF29 #DCDE57 #E7E88A #F1F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#DCDE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE57

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE57	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)

#EED547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.155 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae88c',
    500: '#dcde57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde57;
$custom-light: #eae88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87397,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.68146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE57

secondary

#3B3AA0

accent

#16CF19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE57

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

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