#DCE16B#DCE16B

#DCE16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.141 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE16B
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 52.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -17.47, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 58.97, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0511 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.141 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.0956, 70.1289, 24.3302)
Luminance	0.7013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE16B #706BE1

analogous

#E1AB6B #DCE16B #A1E16B

triadic

#DCE16B #6BDCE1 #E16BDC

tetradic

#DCE16B #6BE1AB #706BE1 #E16BA1

square

#DCE16B #6BE1AB #706BE1 #E16BA1

split-complementary

#DCE16B #6BA1E1 #AB6BE1

monochromatic

#A8AE23 #D0D738 #DCE16B #E8EB9E #F4F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#DCE16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE16B

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE16B	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.141 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea99',
    500: '#dce16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce16b;
$custom-light: #e9ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.542,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88239,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE16B

secondary

#4540B0

accent

#17CE1F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE16B

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

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