#DCE257#DCE257

#DCE257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.159 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE257
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -19.43, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 67.93, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% -0.0587 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.159 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.4335, 70.2978, 19.5057)
Luminance	0.7030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE257 #5D57E2

analogous

#E2A357 #DCE257 #97E257

triadic

#DCE257 #57DCE2 #E257DC

tetradic

#DCE257 #57E2A3 #5D57E2 #E25797

square

#DCE257 #57E2A3 #5D57E2 #E25797

split-complementary

#DCE257 #5797E2 #A357E2

monochromatic

#9DA31C #CFD725 #DCE257 #E7EB8B #F2F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#DCE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE257

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE257	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)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.159 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea8c',
    500: '#dce257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce257;
$custom-light: #eaea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.59,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88246,
    "c": 0.15945,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE257

secondary

#3D38A5

accent

#13D31B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE257

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

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