#DCE142#DCE142

#DCE142 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.173 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE142
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -20.12, 72.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 75.35, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.0626 0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.173 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.4257, 69.4609, 15.5355)
Luminance	0.6946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE142 #4742E1

analogous

#E19742 #DCE142 #8CE142

triadic

#DCE142 #42DCE1 #E142DC

tetradic

#DCE142 #42E197 #4742E1 #E1428C

square

#DCE142 #42E197 #4742E1 #E1428C

split-complementary

#DCE142 #428CE1 #9742E1

monochromatic

#8E9217 #C1C61F #DCE142 #E6E977 #F0F2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCE142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#DCE142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE142

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE142	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.173 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea81',
    500: '#dce142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce142;
$custom-light: #ebea81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.887,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87871,
    "c": 0.17266,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE142

secondary

#343196

accent

#38EF3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE142

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

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