#DCE85B#DCE85B

#DCE85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.163 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE85B
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -22.07, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 68.83, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0657 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.163 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.2616, 73.6853, 20.9437)
Luminance	0.7368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE85B #675BE8

analogous

#E8AD5B #DCE85B #95E85B

triadic

#DCE85B #5BDCE8 #E85BDC

tetradic

#DCE85B #5BE8AD #675BE8 #E85B95

square

#DCE85B #5BE8AD #675BE8 #E85B95

split-complementary

#DCE85B #5B95E8 #AD5BE8

monochromatic

#A3B019 #D1E025 #DCE85B #E7F091 #F3F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#DCE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE85B

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE85B	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.163 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8f',
    500: '#dce85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce85b;
$custom-light: #eaef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89561,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE85B

secondary

#4137B1

accent

#0ED81F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE85B

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

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