#DCE85E#DCE85E

#DCE85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.160 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE85E
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -21.86, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 67.61, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0648 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.16 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.3936, 73.7381, 21.6389)
Luminance	0.7374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE85E #6A5EE8

analogous

#E8AF5E #DCE85E #97E85E

triadic

#DCE85E #5EDCE8 #E85EDC

tetradic

#DCE85E #5EE8AF #6A5EE8 #E85E97

square

#DCE85E #5EE8AF #6A5EE8 #E85E97

split-complementary

#DCE85E #5E97E8 #AF5EE8

monochromatic

#A5B219 #D0E028 #DCE85E #E8F094 #F3F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#DCE85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE85E

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE85E	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.160 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef91',
    500: '#dce85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce85e;
$custom-light: #eaef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89589,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE85E

secondary

#4238B3

accent

#0ED720

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE85E

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

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