#DCE56E#DCE56E

#DCE56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.143 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE56E
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 110)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(65, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 52%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -19.18, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 59.41, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0556 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.143 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.3502, 72.3811, 25.5406)
Luminance	0.7238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE56E #776EE5

analogous

#E5B36E #DCE56E #A1E56E

triadic

#DCE56E #6EDCE5 #E56EDC

tetradic

#DCE56E #6EE5B3 #776EE5 #E56EA1

square

#DCE56E #6EE5B3 #776EE5 #E56EA1

split-complementary

#DCE56E #6EA1E5 #B36EE5

monochromatic

#ACB821 #CFDC3A #DCE56E #E9EEA2 #F5F8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#DCE56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE56E

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE56E	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.143 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ed9b',
    500: '#dce56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce56e;
$custom-light: #e9ed9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.538,
    "s": 69.591,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8912,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE56E

secondary

#483FB8

accent

#14D222

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE56E

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

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