#DCE962#DCE962

#DCE962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.158 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE962
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(66, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -22.06, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 66.38, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.065 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.158 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.8600, 74.3763, 22.7029)
Luminance	0.7438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE962 #6F62E9

analogous

#E9B362 #DCE962 #98E962

triadic

#DCE962 #62DCE9 #E962DC

tetradic

#DCE962 #62E9B3 #6F62E9 #E96298

square

#DCE962 #62E9B3 #6F62E9 #E96298

split-complementary

#DCE962 #6298E9 #B362E9

monochromatic

#A8B71A #D0E12C #DCE962 #E8F198 #F4F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#DCE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE962

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE962	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.158 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef93',
    500: '#dce962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce962;
$custom-light: #e9ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89841,
    "c": 0.15836,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE962

secondary

#4538B7

accent

#0ED821

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE962

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

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