#DCE455#DCE455

#DCE455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.163 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE455
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -20.53, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 69.55, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.65% -0.062 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(88.65% 0.163 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.8999, 71.3596, 19.2636)
Luminance	0.7136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE455 #5D55E4

analogous

#E4A555 #DCE455 #95E455

triadic

#DCE455 #55DCE4 #E455DC

tetradic

#DCE455 #55E4A5 #5D55E4 #E45595

square

#DCE455 #55E4A5 #5D55E4 #E45595

split-complementary

#DCE455 #5595E4 #A555E4

monochromatic

#9DA41A #CFD923 #DCE455 #E7EC8A #F2F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DCE455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#DCE455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE455

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE455	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.163 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec8b',
    500: '#dce455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce455;
$custom-light: #eaec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.357,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88654,
    "c": 0.16308,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE455

secondary

#3D36A7

accent

#11D51C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE455

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

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