#DCE585#DCE585

#DCE585 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.120 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE585
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 133)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(66, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 41.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -17.01, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 48.74, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0474 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.12 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7688, 72.9486, 33.0123)
Luminance	0.7295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE585 #8E85E5

analogous

#E5BE85 #DCE585 #ACE585

triadic

#DCE585 #85DCE5 #E585DC

tetradic

#DCE585 #85E5BE #8E85E5 #E585AC

square

#DCE585 #85E5BE #8E85E5 #E585AC

split-complementary

#DCE585 #85ACE5 #BE85E5

monochromatic

#B7C62A #CEDA53 #DCE585 #EAF0B7 #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#DCE585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE585

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE585	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.120 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edaa',
    500: '#dce585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce585;
$custom-light: #e8edaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89425,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE585

secondary

#5B51BE

accent

#19CD2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE585

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

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