#DCE265#DCE265

#DCE265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.148 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE265
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 55.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -18.44, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 62.05, 107.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0544 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.148 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.0619, 70.5492, 22.8155)
Luminance	0.7055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE265 #6B65E2

analogous

#E2AA65 #DCE265 #9EE265

triadic

#DCE265 #65DCE2 #E265DC

tetradic

#DCE265 #65E2AA #6B65E2 #E2659E

square

#DCE265 #65E2AA #6B65E2 #E2659E

split-complementary

#DCE265 #659EE2 #AA65E2

monochromatic

#A5AC20 #D0D831 #DCE265 #E8EC99 #F3F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCE265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#DCE265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE265

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE265	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.148 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eb95',
    500: '#dce265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce265;
$custom-light: #e9eb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88383,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE265

secondary

#433DAE

accent

#15D01E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE265

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

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