#DCE656#DCE656

#DCE656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.164 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE656
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -21.43, 66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 69.98, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0644 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.164 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.4933, 72.4824, 19.6588)
Luminance	0.7248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE656 #6056E6

analogous

#E6A856 #DCE656 #94E656

triadic

#DCE656 #56DCE6 #E656DC

tetradic

#DCE656 #56E6A8 #6056E6 #E65694

square

#DCE656 #56E6A8 #6056E6 #E65694

split-complementary

#DCE656 #5694E6 #A856E6

monochromatic

#9FA919 #D1DE21 #DCE656 #E7EE8B #F2F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#DCE656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE656

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE656	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.164 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8c',
    500: '#dce656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce656;
$custom-light: #eaed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89089,
    "c": 0.16449,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE656

secondary

#3E36AA

accent

#0FD61D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE656

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

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