#DCE86C#DCE86C

#DCE86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.149 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE86C
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 108)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 53.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -20.80, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 61.65, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0604 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.149 114)
XYZ	xyz(61.0798, 74.0126, 25.2527)
Luminance	0.7401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE86C #786CE8

analogous

#E8B66C #DCE86C #9EE86C

triadic

#DCE86C #6CDCE8 #E86CDC

tetradic

#DCE86C #6CE8B6 #786CE8 #E86C9E

square

#DCE86C #6CE8B6 #786CE8 #E86C9E

split-complementary

#DCE86C #6C9EE8 #B66CE8

monochromatic

#ADBC1D #CFE037 #DCE86C #E9F0A1 #F5F9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#DCE86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE86C

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE86C	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.149 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef9a',
    500: '#dce86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce86c;
$custom-light: #e9ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89734,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.74012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE86C

secondary

#493DBB

accent

#10D523

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE86C

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

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