#DCE865#DCE865

#DCE865 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.155 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE865
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 101)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -21.35, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 64.68, 109.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0627 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.155 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7221, 73.8695, 23.3689)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE865 #7165E8

analogous

#E8B265 #DCE865 #9BE865

triadic

#DCE865 #65DCE8 #E865DC

tetradic

#DCE865 #65E8B2 #7165E8 #E8659B

square

#DCE865 #65E8B2 #7165E8 #E8659B

split-complementary

#DCE865 #659BE8 #B265E8

monochromatic

#A9B71B #D0E030 #DCE865 #E8F09A #F4F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#DCE865 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE865

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE865	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.155 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef95',
    500: '#dce865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce865;
$custom-light: #e9ef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.496,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89658,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE865

secondary

#463AB7

accent

#0FD622

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE865

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

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