#DCE255#DCE255

#DCE255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.161 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE255
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, -19.56, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 68.72, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0592 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.161 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3529, 70.2656, 19.0813)
Luminance	0.7026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE255 #5B55E2

analogous

#E2A155 #DCE255 #95E255

triadic

#DCE255 #55DCE2 #E255DC

tetradic

#DCE255 #55E2A1 #5B55E2 #E25595

square

#DCE255 #55E2A1 #5B55E2 #E25595

split-complementary

#DCE255 #5595E2 #A155E2

monochromatic

#9BA11B #CED524 #DCE255 #E7EB89 #F2F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DCE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE255

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE255	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.161 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea8b',
    500: '#dce255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce255;
$custom-light: #eaea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88228,
    "c": 0.16096,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE255

secondary

#3C37A4

accent

#13D31B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE255

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

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