#DCE356#DCE356

#DCE356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.161 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE356
RGB	rgb(220, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -19.98, 65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 68.74, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0603 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.161 112)
XYZ	xyz(58.6656, 70.8270, 19.3829)
Luminance	0.7083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE356 #5D56E3

analogous

#E3A456 #DCE356 #96E356

triadic

#DCE356 #56DCE3 #E356DC

tetradic

#DCE356 #56E3A4 #5D56E3 #E35696

square

#DCE356 #56E3A4 #5D56E3 #E35696

split-complementary

#DCE356 #5696E3 #A456E3

monochromatic

#9DA41B #CFD824 #DCE356 #E7EC8B #F2F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DCE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#DCE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE356

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE356	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.161 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaeb8c',
    500: '#dce356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce356;
$custom-light: #eaeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.979,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8845,
    "c": 0.16127,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.70826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE356

secondary

#3D37A6

accent

#12D41C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE356

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

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