#DCE55C#DCE55C

#DCE55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.159 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE55C
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -20.55, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 67.14, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0613 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.159 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4678, 72.0282, 20.8933)
Luminance	0.7203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE55C #655CE5

analogous

#E5AA5C #DCE55C #97E55C

triadic

#DCE55C #5CDCE5 #E55CDC

tetradic

#DCE55C #5CE5AA #655CE5 #E55C97

square

#DCE55C #5CE5AA #655CE5 #E55C97

split-complementary

#DCE55C #5C97E5 #AA5CE5

monochromatic

#A2AB1B #D1DD27 #DCE55C #E7ED91 #F3F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#DCE55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE55C

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE55C	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.159 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed90',
    500: '#dce55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce55c;
$custom-light: #eaed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.942,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8893,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE55C

secondary

#4038AD

accent

#11D51E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE55C

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

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