#DCE95B#DCE95B

#DCE95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.164 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE95B
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -22.55, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 69.26, 109.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0671 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.164 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5439, 74.2499, 21.0378)
Luminance	0.7425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE95B #685BE9

analogous

#E9AF5B #DCE95B #95E95B

triadic

#DCE95B #5BDCE9 #E95BDC

tetradic

#DCE95B #5BE9AF #685BE9 #E95B95

square

#DCE95B #5BE9AF #685BE9 #E95B95

split-complementary

#DCE95B #5B95E9 #AF5BE9

monochromatic

#A4B218 #D0E225 #DCE95B #E8F091 #F3F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCE95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#DCE95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE95B

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE95B	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.164 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8f',
    500: '#dce95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce95b;
$custom-light: #eaef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.493,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89774,
    "c": 0.16397,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE95B

secondary

#4136B2

accent

#0DD920

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE95B

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

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