#DCE037#DCE037

#DCE037 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.178 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE037
RGB	rgb(220, 224, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 75.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -20.10, 75.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 78.48, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0635 0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.178 111)
XYZ	xyz(56.8625, 68.8043, 13.8989)
Luminance	0.6880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE037 #3B37E0

analogous

#E08F37 #DCE037 #88E037

triadic

#DCE037 #37DCE0 #E037DC

tetradic

#DCE037 #37E08F #3B37E0 #E03788

square

#DCE037 #37E08F #3B37E0 #E03788

split-complementary

#DCE037 #3788E0 #8F37E0

monochromatic

#858815 #B9BD1D #DCE037 #E5E86C #EFF0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCE037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#DCE037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE037

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE037	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 224, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.178 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe97b',
    500: '#dce037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce037;
$custom-light: #ebe97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.42,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87593,
    "c": 0.17764,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.68803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE037

secondary

#302E8E

accent

#38F03C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE037

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

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