#DCE556#DCE556

#DCE556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.163 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE556
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -20.95, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 69.56, 107.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.063 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.163 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.2158, 71.9274, 19.5663)
Luminance	0.7193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE556 #5F56E5

analogous

#E5A756 #DCE556 #95E556

triadic

#DCE556 #56DCE5 #E556DC

tetradic

#DCE556 #56E5A7 #5F56E5 #E55695

square

#DCE556 #56E5A7 #5F56E5 #E55695

split-complementary

#DCE556 #5695E5 #A756E5

monochromatic

#9EA71A #D0DC22 #DCE556 #E7ED8B #F2F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#DCE556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE556

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE556	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.163 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8c',
    500: '#dce556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce556;
$custom-light: #eaed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.776,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88876,
    "c": 0.16341,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE556

secondary

#3E36A9

accent

#10D51C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE556

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

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