#DCE45E#DCE45E

#DCE45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.156 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE45E
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -19.93, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 65.89, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0594 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.156 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.2805, 71.5118, 21.2679)
Luminance	0.7151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE45E #665EE4

analogous

#E4A95E #DCE45E #99E45E

triadic

#DCE45E #5EDCE4 #E45EDC

tetradic

#DCE45E #5EE4A9 #665EE4 #E45E99

square

#DCE45E #5EE4A9 #665EE4 #E45E99

split-complementary

#DCE45E #5E99E4 #A95EE4

monochromatic

#A2AB1D #D1DB2A #DCE45E #E7ED92 #F3F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#DCE45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE45E

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE45E	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)

#F4DA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.156 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec91',
    500: '#dce45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce45e;
$custom-light: #eaec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.582,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88737,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE45E

secondary

#413AAD

accent

#12D31E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE45E

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

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