#DCE57B#DCE57B

#DCE57B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.131 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE57B
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 123)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(65, 46%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 46.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -18.01, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 53.47, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0511 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.131 113)
XYZ	xyz(61.1106, 72.6853, 29.5455)
Luminance	0.7268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE57B #847BE5

analogous

#E5B97B #DCE57B #A7E57B

triadic

#DCE57B #7BDCE5 #E57BDC

tetradic

#DCE57B #7BE5B9 #847BE5 #E57BA7

square

#DCE57B #7BE5B9 #847BE5 #E57BA7

split-complementary

#DCE57B #7BA7E5 #B97BE5

monochromatic

#B3C026 #CEDB48 #DCE57B #EAEFAE #F7F9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE57B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#DCE57B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE57B

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE57B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE57B	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce57b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.131 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eda3',
    500: '#dce57b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce57b;
$custom-light: #e8eda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce57b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.094,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89284,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.72684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE57B

secondary

#5147BD

accent

#17CF26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE57B

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

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