#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
RGBrgb(220, 233, 87)
HSLhsl(65, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(5.6%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.01, -22.81, 67.07)
CIE-LCHlch(89.01, 70.84, 108.78°)
OKLaboklab(89.74% -0.0682 0.1525)
OKLCHoklch(89.74% 0.167 114.1)
XYZxyz(60.3759, 74.1827, 20.1531)
Luminance0.7418 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##DCE9571.001.3315.8415.84
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.8421.001.001.00
##00000015.8421.001.001.00

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

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#DCE957 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva