#DCE956#DCE956

#DCE956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; 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	#DCE956
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -22.88, 67.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 71.23, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0685 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.168 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3353, 74.1664, 19.9395)
Luminance	0.7417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE956 #6356E9

analogous

#E9AC56 #DCE956 #93E956

triadic

#DCE956 #56DCE9 #E956DC

tetradic

#DCE956 #56E9AC #6356E9 #E95693

square

#DCE956 #56E9AC #6356E9 #E95693

split-complementary

#DCE956 #5693E9 #AC56E9

monochromatic

#A1AE17 #D1E220 #DCE956 #E7F08C #F2F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#DCE956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE956

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE956	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)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.168 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8c',
    500: '#dce956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce956;
$custom-light: #eaef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.306,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8973,
    "c": 0.16775,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE956

secondary

#3F34AF

accent

#0CD91E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE956

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

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