#DCE65B#DCE65B

#DCE65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; 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	#DCE65B
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 91)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, -21.11, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 67.98, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.063 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.161 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.7018, 72.5658, 20.7571)
Luminance	0.7257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE65B #655BE6

analogous

#E6AB5B #DCE65B #96E65B

triadic

#DCE65B #5BDCE6 #E65BDC

tetradic

#DCE65B #5BE6AB #655BE6 #E65B96

square

#DCE65B #5BE6AB #655BE6 #E65B96

split-complementary

#DCE65B #5B96E6 #AB5BE6

monochromatic

#A2AC1A #D1DE26 #DCE65B #E7EE90 #F3F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#DCE65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE65B

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE65B	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)

#F6DC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.161 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8f',
    500: '#dce65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce65b;
$custom-light: #eaed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89134,
    "c": 0.16066,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE65B

secondary

#4038AE

accent

#10D61E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE65B

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

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