#DCE655#DCE655

#DCE655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.165 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE655
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -21.49, 67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 70.37, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0647 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.165 113)
XYZ	xyz(59.4533, 72.4664, 19.4481)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE655 #5F55E6

analogous

#E6A855 #DCE655 #94E655

triadic

#DCE655 #55DCE6 #E655DC

tetradic

#DCE655 #55E6A8 #5F55E6 #E65594

square

#DCE655 #55E6A8 #5F55E6 #E65594

split-complementary

#DCE655 #5594E6 #A855E6

monochromatic

#9EA819 #D0DD21 #DCE655 #E7EE8A #F2F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#DCE655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE655

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE655	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.165 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8b',
    500: '#dce655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce655;
$custom-light: #eaed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89081,
    "c": 0.16523,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.72465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE655

secondary

#3E36AA

accent

#0FD61D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE655

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

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