#DCE16F#DCE16F

#DCE16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.138 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE16F
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 51%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 50.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -17.14, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 57.17, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0497 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.138 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.3109, 70.2150, 25.4643)
Luminance	0.7021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE16F #746FE1

analogous

#E1AD6F #DCE16F #A3E16F

triadic

#DCE16F #6FDCE1 #E16FDC

tetradic

#DCE16F #6FE1AD #746FE1 #E16FA3

square

#DCE16F #6FE1AD #746FE1 #E16FA3

split-complementary

#DCE16F #6FA3E1 #AD6FE1

monochromatic

#ABB125 #D0D63C #DCE16F #E8ECA2 #F5F6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#DCE16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE16F

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE16F	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)

#F0D864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.138 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea9b',
    500: '#dce16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce16f;
$custom-light: #e9ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.632,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88286,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE16F

secondary

#4742B2

accent

#18CD20

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE16F

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

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