#DCE565#DCE565

#DCE565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.151 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE565
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -19.90, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 63.36, 108.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0586 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.151 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.8848, 72.1950, 23.0898)
Luminance	0.7219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE565 #6E65E5

analogous

#E5AE65 #DCE565 #9CE565

triadic

#DCE565 #65DCE5 #E565DC

tetradic

#DCE565 #65E5AE #6E65E5 #E5659C

square

#DCE565 #65E5AE #6E65E5 #E5659C

split-complementary

#DCE565 #659CE5 #AE65E5

monochromatic

#A7B21E #D0DC31 #DCE565 #E8EE99 #F4F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#DCE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE565

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE565	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.151 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ed95',
    500: '#dce565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce565;
$custom-light: #e9ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.219,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8902,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE565

secondary

#443CB2

accent

#12D320

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE565

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

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