#DCE966#DCE966

#DCE966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.155 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE966
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 102)
HSL	hsl(66, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -21.76, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 64.69, 109.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0637 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.155 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0536, 74.4538, 23.7226)
Luminance	0.7445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE966 #7366E9

analogous

#E9B466 #DCE966 #9AE966

triadic

#DCE966 #66DCE9 #E966DC

tetradic

#DCE966 #66E9B4 #7366E9 #E9669A

square

#DCE966 #66E9B4 #7366E9 #E9669A

split-complementary

#DCE966 #669AE9 #B466E9

monochromatic

#AABA1B #D0E130 #DCE966 #E8F19C #F4F8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCE966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#DCE966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE966

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE966	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)

#F8DF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.155 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef96',
    500: '#dce966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce966;
$custom-light: #e9ef96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.954,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89882,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE966

secondary

#473AB9

accent

#0ED722

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE966

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

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