#DCE55B#DCE55B

#DCE55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.160 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE55B
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -20.62, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 67.55, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0616 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.16 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4243, 72.0108, 20.6646)
Luminance	0.7201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE55B #645BE5

analogous

#E5A95B #DCE55B #97E55B

triadic

#DCE55B #5BDCE5 #E55BDC

tetradic

#DCE55B #5BE5A9 #645BE5 #E55B97

square

#DCE55B #5BE5A9 #645BE5 #E55B97

split-complementary

#DCE55B #5B97E5 #A95BE5

monochromatic

#A1AB1B #D1DD26 #DCE55B #E7ED90 #F3F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#DCE55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE55B

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE55B	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.160 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8f',
    500: '#dce55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce55b;
$custom-light: #eaed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.913,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88921,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE55B

secondary

#4038AC

accent

#11D51E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE55B

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

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