#DCE45D#DCE45D

#DCE45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.157 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE45D
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 93)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.72, -20.00, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.72, 66.31, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0597 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.157 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.2359, 71.4940, 21.0331)
Luminance	0.7149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE45D #655DE4

analogous

#E4A95D #DCE45D #98E45D

triadic

#DCE45D #5DDCE4 #E45DDC

tetradic

#DCE45D #5DE4A9 #655DE4 #E45D98

square

#DCE45D #5DE4A9 #655DE4 #E45D98

split-complementary

#DCE45D #5D98E4 #A95DE4

monochromatic

#A2AA1C #D1DB29 #DCE45D #E7ED91 #F3F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#DCE45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE45D

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE45D	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.157 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec90',
    500: '#dce45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce45d;
$custom-light: #eaec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.556,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88727,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE45D

secondary

#4039AC

accent

#12D31D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE45D

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

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