#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
RGBrgb(220, 232, 86)
HSLhsl(65, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(5.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(88.73, -22.40, 67.18)
CIE-LCHlch(88.73, 70.81, 108.44°)
OKLaboklab(89.52% -0.0671 0.1525)
OKLCHoklch(89.52% 0.167 113.8)
XYZxyz(60.0531, 73.6019, 19.8454)
Luminance0.7360 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##DCE8561.001.3415.7215.72
#FFFFFF1.341.0021.0021.00
#00000015.7221.001.001.00
##00000015.7221.001.001.00

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

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#DCE856 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva