#DCEB55#DCEB55

#DCEB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.171 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEB55
RGB	rgb(220, 235, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 63.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -23.89, 68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 72.46, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.0714 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.171 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.8647, 75.2892, 19.9186)
Luminance	0.7529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEB55 #6455EB

analogous

#EBAF55 #DCEB55 #91EB55

triadic

#DCEB55 #55DCEB #EB55DC

tetradic

#DCEB55 #55EBAF #6455EB #EB5591

square

#DCEB55 #55EBAF #6455EB #EB5591

split-complementary

#DCEB55 #5591EB #AF55EB

monochromatic

#A1B115 #D1E51E #DCEB55 #E7F18C #F3F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCEB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#DCEB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEB55

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEB55	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dceb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 235, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.171 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf18c',
    500: '#dceb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dceb55;
$custom-light: #eaf18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dceb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9015,
    "c": 0.17066,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEB55

secondary

#4033B1

accent

#0ADB1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEB55

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

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