#DCE95E#DCE95E

#DCE95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.162 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE95E
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 94)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -22.35, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 68.04, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0662 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.162 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.6759, 74.3027, 21.7330)
Luminance	0.7430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE95E #6B5EE9

analogous

#E9B15E #DCE95E #96E95E

triadic

#DCE95E #5EDCE9 #E95EDC

tetradic

#DCE95E #5EE9B1 #6B5EE9 #E95E96

square

#DCE95E #5EE9B1 #6B5EE9 #E95E96

split-complementary

#DCE95E #5E96E9 #B15EE9

monochromatic

#A5B419 #D0E228 #DCE95E #E8F094 #F3F8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCE95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#DCE95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE95E

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE95E	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.162 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef91',
    500: '#dce95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce95e;
$custom-light: #eaef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.612,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89802,
    "c": 0.16161,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE95E

secondary

#4337B4

accent

#0DD820

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE95E

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

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