#DCE856#DCE856

#DCE856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.167 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE856
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -22.40, 67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 70.81, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0671 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.167 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0531, 73.6019, 19.8454)
Luminance	0.7360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE856 #6256E8

analogous

#E8AB56 #DCE856 #93E856

triadic

#DCE856 #56DCE8 #E856DC

tetradic

#DCE856 #56E8AB #6256E8 #E85693

square

#DCE856 #56E8AB #6256E8 #E85693

split-complementary

#DCE856 #5693E8 #AB56E8

monochromatic

#A0AC17 #D1E120 #DCE856 #E7EF8C #F2F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#DCE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE856

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE856	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)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.167 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8c',
    500: '#dce856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce856;
$custom-light: #eaef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89516,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE856

secondary

#3F35AD

accent

#0DD81E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE856

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

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