#DCE457#DCE457

#DCE457 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 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE457
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -20.40, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 68.75, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0614 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.162 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.9805, 71.3918, 19.6880)
Luminance	0.7139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE457 #5F57E4

analogous

#E4A657 #DCE457 #96E457

triadic

#DCE457 #57DCE4 #E457DC

tetradic

#DCE457 #57E4A6 #5F57E4 #E45796

square

#DCE457 #57E4A6 #5F57E4 #E45796

split-complementary

#DCE457 #5796E4 #A657E4

monochromatic

#9EA61B #D0DB23 #DCE457 #E7EC8C #F2F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#DCE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE457

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE457	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.162 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec8c',
    500: '#dce457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce457;
$custom-light: #eaec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.404,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88671,
    "c": 0.16158,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE457

secondary

#3E37A8

accent

#11D41C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE457

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

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