#DCE94E#DCE94E

#DCE94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.173 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE94E
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -23.35, 70.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 74.26, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0706 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.173 114)
XYZ	xyz(60.0309, 74.0447, 18.3360)
Luminance	0.7404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE94E #5B4EE9

analogous

#E9A84E #DCE94E #8EE94E

triadic

#DCE94E #4EDCE9 #E94EDC

tetradic

#DCE94E #4EE9A8 #5B4EE9 #E94E8E

square

#DCE94E #4EE9A8 #5B4EE9 #E94E8E

split-complementary

#DCE94E #4E8EE9 #A84EE9

monochromatic

#9BA815 #CEDE1C #DCE94E #E7F084 #F2F7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#DCE94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE94E

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE94E	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.173 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef88',
    500: '#dce94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce94e;
$custom-light: #eaef88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.032,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89666,
    "c": 0.17336,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.74044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE94E

secondary

#3C32A9

accent

#0BDA1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE94E

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

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