#DCE65D#DCE65D

#DCE65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.159 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE65D
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 93)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -20.97, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 67.16, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0624 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.159 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.7893, 72.6007, 21.2175)
Luminance	0.7260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE65D #675DE6

analogous

#E6AC5D #DCE65D #97E65D

triadic

#DCE65D #5DDCE6 #E65DDC

tetradic

#DCE65D #5DE6AC #675DE6 #E65D97

square

#DCE65D #5DE6AC #675DE6 #E65D97

split-complementary

#DCE65D #5D97E6 #AC5DE6

monochromatic

#A3AE1B #D1DE28 #DCE65D #E7EE92 #F3F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#DCE65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE65D

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE65D	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)

#F6DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.159 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed90',
    500: '#dce65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce65d;
$custom-light: #eaed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.38,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89153,
    "c": 0.15908,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE65D

secondary

#4138AF

accent

#10D51F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE65D

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

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