#DCE05D#DCE05D

#DCE05D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.153 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE05D
RGB	rgb(220, 224, 93)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 58.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -18.05, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 64.63, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0542 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.153 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1482, 69.3186, 20.6705)
Luminance	0.6932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE05D #615DE0

analogous

#E0A35D #DCE05D #9BE05D

triadic

#DCE05D #5DDCE0 #E05DDC

tetradic

#DCE05D #5DE0A3 #615DE0 #E05D9B

square

#DCE05D #5DE0A3 #615DE0 #E05D9B

split-complementary

#DCE05D #5D9BE0 #A35DE0

monochromatic

#9FA31F #D1D62A #DCE05D #E7EA90 #F2F4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCE05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#DCE05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE05D

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE05D	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 224, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.153 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae990',
    500: '#dce05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce05d;
$custom-light: #eae990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 67.876,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87878,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE05D

secondary

#3E3BA6

accent

#16D01B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE05D

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

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