#DCE960#DCE960

#DCE960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.160 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE960
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -22.20, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 67.22, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0656 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.16 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.7668, 74.3390, 22.2118)
Luminance	0.7434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE960 #6D60E9

analogous

#E9B160 #DCE960 #98E960

triadic

#DCE960 #60DCE9 #E960DC

tetradic

#DCE960 #60E9B1 #6D60E9 #E96098

square

#DCE960 #60E9B1 #6D60E9 #E96098

split-complementary

#DCE960 #6098E9 #B160E9

monochromatic

#A7B519 #D0E22A #DCE960 #E8F096 #F4F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#DCE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE960

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE960	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.160 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef92',
    500: '#dce960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce960;
$custom-light: #eaef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89821,
    "c": 0.16,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE960

secondary

#4438B5

accent

#0ED821

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE960

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

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