#DCEA56#DCEA56

#DCEA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.169 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEA56
RGB	rgb(220, 234, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -23.35, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 71.66, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0698 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.169 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6192, 74.7342, 20.0341)
Luminance	0.7473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEA56 #6456EA

analogous

#EAAE56 #DCEA56 #92EA56

triadic

#DCEA56 #56DCEA #EA56DC

tetradic

#DCEA56 #56EAAE #6456EA #EA5692

square

#DCEA56 #56EAAE #6456EA #EA5692

split-complementary

#DCEA56 #5692EA #AE56EA

monochromatic

#A1B016 #D1E320 #DCEA56 #E7F18C #F3F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCEA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#DCEA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEA56

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEA56	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcea56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 234, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.169 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf08c',
    500: '#dcea56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcea56;
$custom-light: #eaf08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcea56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.676,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89944,
    "c": 0.16884,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEA56

secondary

#4034B0

accent

#0BDA1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEA56

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

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