#DCE557#DCE557

#DCE557 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	#DCE557
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -20.88, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 69.17, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0628 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.163 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.2564, 71.9436, 19.7800)
Luminance	0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE557 #6057E5

analogous

#E5A757 #DCE557 #95E557

triadic

#DCE557 #57DCE5 #E557DC

tetradic

#DCE557 #57E5A7 #6057E5 #E55795

square

#DCE557 #57E5A7 #6057E5 #E55795

split-complementary

#DCE557 #5795E5 #A757E5

monochromatic

#9FA81A #D1DD22 #DCE557 #E7ED8C #F2F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#DCE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE557

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE557	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)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.163 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8d',
    500: '#dce557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce557;
$custom-light: #eaed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.803,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88885,
    "c": 0.16266,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE557

secondary

#3E37AA

accent

#10D51D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE557

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

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