#DCE57A#DCE57A

#DCE57A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.132 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE57A
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 122)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(65, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 46.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.29, -18.10, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.29, 53.93, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0514 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.132 113)
XYZ	xyz(61.0483, 72.6604, 29.2175)
Luminance	0.7266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE57A #837AE5

analogous

#E5B97A #DCE57A #A7E57A

triadic

#DCE57A #7ADCE5 #E57ADC

tetradic

#DCE57A #7AE5B9 #837AE5 #E57AA7

square

#DCE57A #7AE5B9 #837AE5 #E57AA7

split-complementary

#DCE57A #7AA7E5 #B97AE5

monochromatic

#B2BF25 #CFDB47 #DCE57A #E9EFAD #F7F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#DCE57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE57A

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE57A	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.132 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eda3',
    500: '#dce57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce57a;
$custom-light: #e9eda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.047,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8927,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.72659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE57A

secondary

#5047BD

accent

#16CF26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE57A

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

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