#DCE05A#DCE05A

#DCE05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.155 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE05A
RGB	rgb(220, 224, 90)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 59.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -18.25, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 65.88, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0551 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.155 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.0179, 69.2665, 19.9844)
Luminance	0.6926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE05A #5E5AE0

analogous

#E0A15A #DCE05A #99E05A

triadic

#DCE05A #5ADCE0 #E05ADC

tetradic

#DCE05A #5AE0A1 #5E5AE0 #E05A99

square

#DCE05A #5AE0A1 #5E5AE0 #E05A99

split-complementary

#DCE05A #5A99E0 #A15AE0

monochromatic

#9DA11E #D0D528 #DCE05A #E7EA8E #F2F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCE05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#DCE05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE05A

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE05A	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 224, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.155 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae98e',
    500: '#dce05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce05a;
$custom-light: #eae98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 68.367,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87849,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE05A

secondary

#3D3AA4

accent

#15D01B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE05A

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

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