#DCE957#DCE957

#DCE957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.167 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE957
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -22.81, 67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 70.84, 108.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0682 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.167 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3759, 74.1827, 20.1531)
Luminance	0.7418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE957 #6457E9

analogous

#E9AD57 #DCE957 #93E957

triadic

#DCE957 #57DCE9 #E957DC

tetradic

#DCE957 #57E9AD #6457E9 #E95793

square

#DCE957 #57E9AD #6457E9 #E95793

split-complementary

#DCE957 #5793E9 #AD57E9

monochromatic

#A1AF17 #D1E221 #DCE957 #E7F08D #F3F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#DCE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE957

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE957	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.167 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8d',
    500: '#dce957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce957;
$custom-light: #eaef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.342,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89739,
    "c": 0.16701,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE957

secondary

#4035AF

accent

#0CD91F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE957

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

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