#DCE480#DCE480

#DCE480 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.124 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE480
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 128)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 44%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 43.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -17.03, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 50.65, 109.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0479 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.124 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.1557, 72.2619, 31.1442)
Luminance	0.7226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE480 #8880E4

analogous

#E4BA80 #DCE480 #AAE480

triadic

#DCE480 #80DCE4 #E480DC

tetradic

#DCE480 #80E4BA #8880E4 #E480AA

square

#DCE480 #80E4BA #8880E4 #E480AA

split-complementary

#DCE480 #80AAE4 #BA80E4

monochromatic

#B5C129 #CED94E #DCE480 #EAEFB2 #F8F9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#DCE480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE480

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE480	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.124 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eca6',
    500: '#dce480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce480;
$custom-light: #e8eca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 64.935,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89142,
    "c": 0.1243,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE480

secondary

#554CBC

accent

#19CD27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE480

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

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