#DCE16E#DCE16E

#DCE16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.139 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE16E
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 110)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 51%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 51.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.09, -17.22, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.09, 57.62, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.0501 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.139 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2561, 70.1931, 25.1759)
Luminance	0.7019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE16E #736EE1

analogous

#E1AC6E #DCE16E #A2E16E

triadic

#DCE16E #6EDCE1 #E16EDC

tetradic

#DCE16E #6EE1AC #736EE1 #E16EA2

square

#DCE16E #6EE1AC #736EE1 #E16EA2

split-complementary

#DCE16E #6EA2E1 #AC6EE1

monochromatic

#AAB024 #D0D73B #DCE16E #E8EBA1 #F4F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#DCE16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE16E

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE16E	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D863

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.139 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea9b',
    500: '#dce16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce16e;
$custom-light: #e9ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88274,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE16E

secondary

#4742B2

accent

#18CE20

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE16E

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

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