#DCE85D#DCE85D

#DCE85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.161 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE85D
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -21.93, 64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 68.02, 108.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0651 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.161 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.3490, 73.7203, 21.4041)
Luminance	0.7372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE85D #695DE8

analogous

#E8AE5D #DCE85D #96E85D

triadic

#DCE85D #5DDCE8 #E85DDC

tetradic

#DCE85D #5DE8AE #695DE8 #E85D96

square

#DCE85D #5DE8AE #695DE8 #E85D96

split-complementary

#DCE85D #5D96E8 #AE5DE8

monochromatic

#A4B119 #D0E027 #DCE85D #E8F093 #F3F7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#DCE85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE85D

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE85D	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)

#F8DE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.161 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef90',
    500: '#dce85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce85d;
$custom-light: #eaef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89579,
    "c": 0.16129,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE85D

secondary

#4237B2

accent

#0ED720

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE85D

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

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