#DCE955#DCE955

#DCE955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.168 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE955
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -22.94, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 71.62, 108.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0687 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.168 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.2953, 74.1504, 19.7288)
Luminance	0.7415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE955 #6255E9

analogous

#E9AC55 #DCE955 #92E955

triadic

#DCE955 #55DCE9 #E955DC

tetradic

#DCE955 #55E9AC #6255E9 #E95592

square

#DCE955 #55E9AC #6255E9 #E95592

split-complementary

#DCE955 #5592E9 #AC55E9

monochromatic

#A0AD16 #D1E21F #DCE955 #E7F08B #F2F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#DCE955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE955

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE955	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.168 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8c',
    500: '#dce955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce955;
$custom-light: #eaef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.27,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89722,
    "c": 0.16847,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE955

secondary

#3F34AE

accent

#0CD91E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE955

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

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