#DCE45A#DCE45A

#DCE45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.159 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE45A
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -20.20, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 67.54, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0605 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.159 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.1056, 71.4419, 20.3470)
Luminance	0.7144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE45A #625AE4

analogous

#E4A75A #DCE45A #97E45A

triadic

#DCE45A #5ADCE4 #E45ADC

tetradic

#DCE45A #5AE4A7 #625AE4 #E45A97

square

#DCE45A #5AE4A7 #625AE4 #E45A97

split-complementary

#DCE45A #5A97E4 #A75AE4

monochromatic

#A0A81C #D1DB25 #DCE45A #E7ED8F #F2F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#DCE45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE45A

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE45A	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.159 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec8e',
    500: '#dce45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce45a;
$custom-light: #eaec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88699,
    "c": 0.15927,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE45A

secondary

#3F38AA

accent

#12D41D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE45A

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

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