#DCE685#DCE685

#DCE685 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.121 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE685
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(66, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 42.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.69, -17.50, 46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.69, 49.23, 110.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0488 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.121 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0463, 73.5036, 33.1048)
Luminance	0.7350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE685 #8F85E6

analogous

#E6BF85 #DCE685 #ABE685

triadic

#DCE685 #85DCE6 #E685DC

tetradic

#DCE685 #85E6BF #8F85E6 #E685AB

square

#DCE685 #85E6BF #8F85E6 #E685AB

split-complementary

#DCE685 #85ABE6 #BF85E6

monochromatic

#B7C829 #CDDC52 #DCE685 #EBF0B8 #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#DCE685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE685

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE685	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.121 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edaa',
    500: '#dce685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce685;
$custom-light: #e8edaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.186,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89636,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE685

secondary

#5C50BF

accent

#18CE2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE685

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

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