#DCE240#DCE240

#DCE240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.175 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE240
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.99, -20.69, 73.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.99, 76.40, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.0644 0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.175 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.6389, 69.9800, 15.3207)
Luminance	0.6998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE240 #4640E2

analogous

#E29740 #DCE240 #8BE240

triadic

#DCE240 #40DCE2 #E240DC

tetradic

#DCE240 #40E297 #4640E2 #E2408B

square

#DCE240 #40E297 #4640E2 #E2408B

split-complementary

#DCE240 #408BE2 #9740E2

monochromatic

#8D9216 #C0C71E #DCE240 #E6EA75 #EFF2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#DCE240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE240

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE240	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.175 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea80',
    500: '#dce240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce240;
$custom-light: #ebea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88072,
    "c": 0.17482,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE240

secondary

#343096

accent

#38F03E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE240

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

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