#DCE162#DCE162

#DCE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.149 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE162
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.97, -18.18, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.97, 62.92, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.054 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.149 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.6465, 69.9492, 21.9651)
Luminance	0.6995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE162 #6762E1

analogous

#E1A662 #DCE162 #9CE162

triadic

#DCE162 #62DCE1 #E162DC

tetradic

#DCE162 #62E1A6 #6762E1 #E1629C

square

#DCE162 #62E1A6 #6762E1 #E1629C

split-complementary

#DCE162 #629CE1 #A662E1

monochromatic

#A3A820 #D1D72F #DCE162 #E7EB95 #F3F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#DCE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE162

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE162	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.149 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea93',
    500: '#dce162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce162;
$custom-light: #e9ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.362,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8814,
    "c": 0.14947,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE162

secondary

#413DAB

accent

#16D01D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE162

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

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