#DCE56F#DCE56F

#DCE56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.142 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE56F
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 51.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -19.09, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 58.96, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0553 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.142 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.4049, 72.4030, 25.8290)
Luminance	0.7240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE56F #786FE5

analogous

#E5B36F #DCE56F #A1E56F

triadic

#DCE56F #6FDCE5 #E56FDC

tetradic

#DCE56F #6FE5B3 #786FE5 #E56FA1

square

#DCE56F #6FE5B3 #786FE5 #E56FA1

split-complementary

#DCE56F #6FA1E5 #B36FE5

monochromatic

#ADB821 #CFDC3B #DCE56F #E9EEA3 #F5F8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#DCE56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE56F

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE56F	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)

#F4DC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.142 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ed9b',
    500: '#dce56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce56f;
$custom-light: #e9ed9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.576,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89132,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE56F

secondary

#4940B8

accent

#14D123

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE56F

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

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