#DCE965#DCE965

#DCE965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.156 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE965
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(66, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -21.84, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 65.12, 109.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.064 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.156 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0044, 74.4341, 23.4630)
Luminance	0.7443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE965 #7265E9

analogous

#E9B465 #DCE965 #9AE965

triadic

#DCE965 #65DCE9 #E965DC

tetradic

#DCE965 #65E9B4 #7265E9 #E9659A

square

#DCE965 #65E9B4 #7265E9 #E9659A

split-complementary

#DCE965 #659AE9 #B465E9

monochromatic

#AAB91A #D0E12F #DCE965 #E8F19B #F4F8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCE965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#DCE965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE965

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE965	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.156 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef95',
    500: '#dce965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce965;
$custom-light: #e9ef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.909,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89872,
    "c": 0.15585,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE965

secondary

#463AB9

accent

#0ED722

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE965

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

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