#DCE862#DCE862

#DCE862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.157 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE862
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -21.58, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 65.95, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0636 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.157 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5778, 73.8118, 22.6088)
Luminance	0.7381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE862 #6E62E8

analogous

#E8B162 #DCE862 #99E862

triadic

#DCE862 #62DCE8 #E862DC

tetradic

#DCE862 #62E8B1 #6E62E8 #E86299

square

#DCE862 #62E8B1 #6E62E8 #E86299

split-complementary

#DCE862 #6299E8 #B162E8

monochromatic

#A7B51B #D0E02D #DCE862 #E8F097 #F4F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#DCE862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE862

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE862	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.157 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef93',
    500: '#dce862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce862;
$custom-light: #e9ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.373,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89628,
    "c": 0.15724,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE862

secondary

#4439B5

accent

#0FD721

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE862

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

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