#DCE55D#DCE55D

#DCE55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.158 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE55D
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.99, -20.48, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.99, 66.73, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.061 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.158 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5118, 72.0458, 21.1250)
Luminance	0.7205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE55D #665DE5

analogous

#E5AA5D #DCE55D #98E55D

triadic

#DCE55D #5DDCE5 #E55DDC

tetradic

#DCE55D #5DE5AA #665DE5 #E55D98

square

#DCE55D #5DE5AA #665DE5 #E55D98

split-complementary

#DCE55D #5D98E5 #AA5DE5

monochromatic

#A2AC1C #D1DD28 #DCE55D #E7ED92 #F3F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#DCE55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE55D

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE55D	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)

#F5DB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.158 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed90',
    500: '#dce55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce55d;
$custom-light: #eaed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.971,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8894,
    "c": 0.15799,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE55D

secondary

#4139AD

accent

#11D41E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE55D

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

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