#DCE242#DCE242

#DCE242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.174 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE242
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -20.60, 72.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 75.73, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.064 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.174 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.6968, 70.0031, 15.6258)
Luminance	0.7000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE242 #4842E2

analogous

#E29842 #DCE242 #8CE242

triadic

#DCE242 #42DCE2 #E242DC

tetradic

#DCE242 #42E298 #4842E2 #E2428C

square

#DCE242 #42E298 #4842E2 #E2428C

split-complementary

#DCE242 #428CE2 #9842E2

monochromatic

#8E9317 #C2C81F #DCE242 #E6EA77 #F0F2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#DCE242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE242

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE242	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)

#F3D824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.174 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea81',
    500: '#dce242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce242;
$custom-light: #ebea81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88084,
    "c": 0.17366,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE242

secondary

#353198

accent

#38F03F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE242

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

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