#DCE840#DCE840

#DCE840 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.181 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE840
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 72.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -23.58, 75.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 78.68, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0725 0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.181 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.2990, 73.3003, 15.8741)
Luminance	0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE840 #4C40E8

analogous

#E8A040 #DCE840 #88E840

triadic

#DCE840 #40DCE8 #E840DC

tetradic

#DCE840 #40E8A0 #4C40E8 #E84088

square

#DCE840 #40E8A0 #4C40E8 #E84088

split-complementary

#DCE840 #4088E8 #A040E8

monochromatic

#919B13 #C4D219 #DCE840 #E6EF77 #F0F5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#DCE840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE840

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE840	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.181 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef80',
    500: '#dce840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce840;
$custom-light: #ebef80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89356,
    "c": 0.18088,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE840

secondary

#362E9E

accent

#33F541

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FEFEF2

border

#D6D6CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE840

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

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