#DCE55E#DCE55E

#DCE55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.157 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE55E
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -20.41, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 66.32, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0607 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.157 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5564, 72.0636, 21.3598)
Luminance	0.7206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE55E #675EE5

analogous

#E5AA5E #DCE55E #98E55E

triadic

#DCE55E #5EDCE5 #E55EDC

tetradic

#DCE55E #5EE5AA #675EE5 #E55E98

square

#DCE55E #5EE5AA #675EE5 #E55E98

split-complementary

#DCE55E #5E98E5 #AA5EE5

monochromatic

#A3AD1C #D1DC29 #DCE55E #E7EE93 #F3F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#DCE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE55E

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE55E	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)

#F5DB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.157 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed91',
    500: '#dce55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce55e;
$custom-light: #eaed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88949,
    "c": 0.15718,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE55E

secondary

#4139AE

accent

#11D41E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE55E

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

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