#DCE855#DCE855

#DCE855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.167 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE855
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -22.46, 67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 71.20, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0674 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.167 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.0130, 73.5859, 19.6347)
Luminance	0.7359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE855 #6155E8

analogous

#E8AB55 #DCE855 #93E855

triadic

#DCE855 #55DCE8 #E855DC

tetradic

#DCE855 #55E8AB #6155E8 #E85593

square

#DCE855 #55E8AB #6155E8 #E85593

split-complementary

#DCE855 #5593E8 #AB55E8

monochromatic

#9FAB17 #D1E11F #DCE855 #E7EF8B #F2F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#DCE855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE855

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE855	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.167 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8c',
    500: '#dce855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce855;
$custom-light: #eaef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89508,
    "c": 0.16739,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE855

secondary

#3E35AD

accent

#0DD81E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE855

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

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