#DCE857#DCE857

#DCE857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.166 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE857
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -22.33, 66.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 70.42, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.0668 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.166 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0936, 73.6181, 20.0590)
Luminance	0.7362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE857 #6357E8

analogous

#E8AC57 #DCE857 #93E857

triadic

#DCE857 #57DCE8 #E857DC

tetradic

#DCE857 #57E8AC #6357E8 #E85793

square

#DCE857 #57E8AC #6357E8 #E85793

split-complementary

#DCE857 #5793E8 #AC57E8

monochromatic

#A1AD18 #D1E121 #DCE857 #E7EF8D #F2F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#DCE857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE857

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE857	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)

#F8DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.166 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8d',
    500: '#dce857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce857;
$custom-light: #eaef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.966,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89525,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE857

secondary

#3F35AE

accent

#0DD81E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE857

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

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