#DCE169#DCE169

#DCE169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.143 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE169
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -17.64, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 59.86, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0518 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.143 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.9916, 70.0873, 23.7825)
Luminance	0.7009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE169 #6E69E1

analogous

#E1AA69 #DCE169 #A0E169

triadic

#DCE169 #69DCE1 #E169DC

tetradic

#DCE169 #69E1AA #6E69E1 #E169A0

square

#DCE169 #69E1AA #6E69E1 #E169A0

split-complementary

#DCE169 #69A0E1 #AA69E1

monochromatic

#A7AD23 #D0D736 #DCE169 #E8EB9C #F4F5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#DCE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE169

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE169	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.143 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea97',
    500: '#dce169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce169;
$custom-light: #e9ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88216,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE169

secondary

#4440AF

accent

#17CF1F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE169

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

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