#DCE456#DCE456

#DCE456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.162 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE456
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -20.46, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 69.15, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.0617 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.162 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.9399, 71.3756, 19.4743)
Luminance	0.7137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE456 #5E56E4

analogous

#E4A556 #DCE456 #95E456

triadic

#DCE456 #56DCE4 #E456DC

tetradic

#DCE456 #56E4A5 #5E56E4 #E45695

square

#DCE456 #56E4A5 #5E56E4 #E45695

split-complementary

#DCE456 #5695E4 #A556E4

monochromatic

#9DA51A #D0DA23 #DCE456 #E7EC8B #F2F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#DCE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE456

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE456	1.00	1.37	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.37	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)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.162 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec8c',
    500: '#dce456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce456;
$custom-light: #eaec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.38,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88663,
    "c": 0.16234,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE456

secondary

#3D37A7

accent

#11D51C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE456

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

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