#DCE256#DCE256

#DCE256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.160 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE256
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, -19.49, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 68.33, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.059 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.16 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3929, 70.2816, 19.2920)
Luminance	0.7028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE256 #5C56E2

analogous

#E2A256 #DCE256 #96E256

triadic

#DCE256 #56DCE2 #E256DC

tetradic

#DCE256 #56E2A2 #5C56E2 #E25696

square

#DCE256 #56E2A2 #5C56E2 #E25696

split-complementary

#DCE256 #5696E2 #A256E2

monochromatic

#9CA21C #CED625 #DCE256 #E7EB8A #F2F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#DCE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE256

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE256	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.160 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea8c',
    500: '#dce256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce256;
$custom-light: #eaea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88237,
    "c": 0.16021,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE256

secondary

#3C38A5

accent

#13D31B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE256

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

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