#DCE555#DCE555

#DCE555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.164 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE555
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -21.01, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 69.96, 107.48°)
OKLab	oklab(88.87% -0.0633 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(88.87% 0.164 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1758, 71.9114, 19.3556)
Luminance	0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE555 #5E55E5

analogous

#E5A655 #DCE555 #94E555

triadic

#DCE555 #55DCE5 #E555DC

tetradic

#DCE555 #55E5A6 #5E55E5 #E55594

square

#DCE555 #55E5A6 #5E55E5 #E55594

split-complementary

#DCE555 #5594E5 #A655E5

monochromatic

#9DA619 #D0DB22 #DCE555 #E7ED8A #F2F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#DCE555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE555

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE555	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.164 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8b',
    500: '#dce555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce555;
$custom-light: #eaed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88867,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE555

secondary

#3D36A8

accent

#10D61C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE555

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

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