#DCE940#DCE940

#DCE940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.182 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE940
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 72.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -24.06, 75.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 79.07, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0738 0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.182 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5813, 73.8648, 15.9682)
Luminance	0.7386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE940 #4D40E9

analogous

#E9A140 #DCE940 #88E940

triadic

#DCE940 #40DCE9 #E940DC

tetradic

#DCE940 #40E9A1 #4D40E9 #E94088

square

#DCE940 #40E9A1 #4D40E9 #E94088

split-complementary

#DCE940 #4088E9 #A140E9

monochromatic

#929D12 #C5D318 #DCE940 #E6EF77 #F0F6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#DCE940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE940

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE940	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)

#FADE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.182 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef81',
    500: '#dce940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce940;
$custom-light: #ebef81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 79.343,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8957,
    "c": 0.18191,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE940

secondary

#362EA0

accent

#32F641

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FEFEF2

border

#D6D6CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE940

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

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