#DCEA57#DCEA57

#DCEA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.168 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEA57
RGB	rgb(220, 234, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -23.29, 67.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 71.27, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0695 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.168 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6598, 74.7504, 20.2478)
Luminance	0.7475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEA57 #6557EA

analogous

#EAAE57 #DCEA57 #93EA57

triadic

#DCEA57 #57DCEA #EA57DC

tetradic

#DCEA57 #57EAAE #6557EA #EA5793

square

#DCEA57 #57EAAE #6557EA #EA5793

split-complementary

#DCEA57 #5793EA #AE57EA

monochromatic

#A2B116 #D1E321 #DCEA57 #E7F18D #F3F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCEA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#DCEA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEA57

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEA57	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)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcea57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 234, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.168 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf08d',
    500: '#dcea57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcea57;
$custom-light: #eaf08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcea57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89953,
    "c": 0.1681,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEA57

secondary

#4034B1

accent

#0BDA1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEA57

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

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