#DCE14D#DCE14D

#DCE14D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.166 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE14D
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 77)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -19.55, 68.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 71.42, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.06 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.166 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.7817, 69.6033, 17.4107)
Luminance	0.6960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE14D #524DE1

analogous

#E19C4D #DCE14D #92E14D

triadic

#DCE14D #4DDCE1 #E14DDC

tetradic

#DCE14D #4DE19C #524DE1 #E14D92

square

#DCE14D #4DE19C #524DE1 #E14D92

split-complementary

#DCE14D #4D92E1 #9C4DE1

monochromatic

#959A1A #C8CE23 #DCE14D #E6EA81 #F1F3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCE14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#DCE14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE14D

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE14D	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.166 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea87',
    500: '#dce14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce14d;
$custom-light: #eaea87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.027,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8795,
    "c": 0.16565,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE14D

secondary

#38359D

accent

#3AEE40

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE14D

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

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