#DCE16D#DCE16D

#DCE16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.140 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE16D
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 51.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -17.31, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 58.07, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0504 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.14 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2020, 70.1714, 24.8908)
Luminance	0.7017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE16D #726DE1

analogous

#E1AC6D #DCE16D #A2E16D

triadic

#DCE16D #6DDCE1 #E16DDC

tetradic

#DCE16D #6DE1AC #726DE1 #E16DA2

square

#DCE16D #6DE1AC #726DE1 #E16DA2

split-complementary

#DCE16D #6DA2E1 #AC6DE1

monochromatic

#AAB024 #D0D73A #DCE16D #E8EBA0 #F4F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#DCE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE16D

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE16D	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)

#F0D862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.140 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea9a',
    500: '#dce16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce16d;
$custom-light: #e9ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.586,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88262,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE16D

secondary

#4641B1

accent

#18CE20

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE16D

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

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