#DCE657#DCE657

#DCE657 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	#DCE657
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -21.37, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 69.58, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0641 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.164 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.5339, 72.4986, 19.8725)
Luminance	0.7250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE657 #6157E6

analogous

#E6A957 #DCE657 #94E657

triadic

#DCE657 #57DCE6 #E657DC

tetradic

#DCE657 #57E6A9 #6157E6 #E65794

square

#DCE657 #57E6A9 #6157E6 #E65794

split-complementary

#DCE657 #5794E6 #A957E6

monochromatic

#9FA919 #D1DE22 #DCE657 #E7EE8C #F2F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#DCE657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE657

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE657	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	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)

#F6DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.164 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8d',
    500: '#dce657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce657;
$custom-light: #eaed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.196,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89098,
    "c": 0.16374,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE657

secondary

#3E36AB

accent

#0FD61D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE657

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

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