#DCE550#DCE550

#DCE550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.168 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE550
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 80)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -21.31, 68.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 71.89, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0647 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.168 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.9841, 71.8347, 18.3462)
Luminance	0.7183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE550 #5950E5

analogous

#E5A350 #DCE550 #91E550

triadic

#DCE550 #50DCE5 #E550DC

tetradic

#DCE550 #50E5A3 #5950E5 #E55091

square

#DCE550 #50E5A3 #5950E5 #E55091

split-complementary

#DCE550 #5091E5 #A350E5

monochromatic

#9AA218 #CDD820 #DCE550 #E7ED85 #F1F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#DCE550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE550

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE550	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.168 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed89',
    500: '#dce550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce550;
$custom-light: #eaed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.624,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88826,
    "c": 0.16775,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE550

secondary

#3B34A5

accent

#0FD61B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE550

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

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