#DCE165#DCE165

#DCE165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.147 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE165
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -17.95, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 61.62, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0531 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.147 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7908, 70.0069, 22.7251)
Luminance	0.7001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE165 #6A65E1

analogous

#E1A865 #DCE165 #9EE165

triadic

#DCE165 #65DCE1 #E165DC

tetradic

#DCE165 #65E1A8 #6A65E1 #E1659E

square

#DCE165 #65E1A8 #6A65E1 #E1659E

split-complementary

#DCE165 #659EE1 #A865E1

monochromatic

#A5AA21 #D0D732 #DCE165 #E8EB98 #F3F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#DCE165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE165

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE165	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.147 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea95',
    500: '#dce165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce165;
$custom-light: #e9ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.419,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88172,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE165

secondary

#423EAC

accent

#16CF1E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE165

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

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