#DCE65A#DCE65A

#DCE65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.161 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE65A
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 90)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -21.17, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 68.38, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0633 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.161 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.6590, 72.5486, 20.5314)
Luminance	0.7255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE65A #645AE6

analogous

#E6AA5A #DCE65A #96E65A

triadic

#DCE65A #5ADCE6 #E65ADC

tetradic

#DCE65A #5AE6AA #645AE6 #E65A96

square

#DCE65A #5AE6AA #645AE6 #E65A96

split-complementary

#DCE65A #5A96E6 #AA5AE6

monochromatic

#A1AC1A #D1DE25 #DCE65A #E7EE8F #F3F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#DCE65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE65A

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE65A	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.161 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8e',
    500: '#dce65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce65a;
$custom-light: #eaed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89125,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE65A

secondary

#4037AD

accent

#10D61E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE65A

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

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