#DCE56A#DCE56A

#DCE56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.147 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE56A
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 106)
HSL	hsl(64, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -19.51, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 61.18, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.057 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.147 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.1373, 72.2960, 24.4194)
Luminance	0.7229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE56A #736AE5

analogous

#E5B06A #DCE56A #9EE56A

triadic

#DCE56A #6ADCE5 #E56ADC

tetradic

#DCE56A #6AE5B0 #736AE5 #E56A9E

square

#DCE56A #6AE5B0 #736AE5 #E56A9E

split-complementary

#DCE56A #6A9EE5 #B06AE5

monochromatic

#AAB520 #D0DC36 #DCE56A #E8EE9E #F4F7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#DCE56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE56A

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE56A	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.147 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ed98',
    500: '#dce56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce56a;
$custom-light: #e9ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.39,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89074,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE56A

secondary

#473EB5

accent

#13D221

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE56A

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

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