#DCE65C#DCE65C

#DCE65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.160 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE65C
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 92)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -21.04, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 67.57, 108.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0627 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.16 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.7453, 72.5831, 20.9858)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE65C #665CE6

analogous

#E6AB5C #DCE65C #97E65C

triadic

#DCE65C #5CDCE6 #E65CDC

tetradic

#DCE65C #5CE6AB #665CE6 #E65C97

square

#DCE65C #5CE6AB #665CE6 #E65C97

split-complementary

#DCE65C #5C97E6 #AB5CE6

monochromatic

#A2AD1B #D1DE27 #DCE65C #E7EE91 #F3F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#DCE65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE65C

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE65C	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.160 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed90',
    500: '#dce65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce65c;
$custom-light: #eaed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.348,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89143,
    "c": 0.15988,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE65C

secondary

#4138AE

accent

#10D61E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE65C

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

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