#DCE156#DCE156

#DCE156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.159 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE156
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -19.01, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 67.92, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.0576 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.159 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.1218, 69.7393, 19.2016)
Luminance	0.6974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE156 #5B56E1

analogous

#E1A056 #DCE156 #96E156

triadic

#DCE156 #56DCE1 #E156DC

tetradic

#DCE156 #56E1A0 #5B56E1 #E15696

square

#DCE156 #56E1A0 #5B56E1 #E15696

split-complementary

#DCE156 #5696E1 #A056E1

monochromatic

#9BA01C #CED426 #DCE156 #E7EA8A #F2F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#DCE156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE156

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE156	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.159 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea8c',
    500: '#dce156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce156;
$custom-light: #eaea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.158,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88024,
    "c": 0.15915,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE156

secondary

#3C38A3

accent

#14D21B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE156

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

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