#DCEB5B#DCEB5B

#DCEB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.166 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEB5B
RGB	rgb(220, 235, 91)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.57, -23.51, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.57, 70.11, 109.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0698 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.166 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.1133, 75.3886, 21.2276)
Luminance	0.7539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEB5B #6A5BEB

analogous

#EBB25B #DCEB5B #94EB5B

triadic

#DCEB5B #5BDCEB #EB5BDC

tetradic

#DCEB5B #5BEBB2 #6A5BEB #EB5B94

square

#DCEB5B #5BEBB2 #6A5BEB #EB5B94

split-complementary

#DCEB5B #5B94EB #B25BEB

monochromatic

#A5B516 #D0E424 #DCEB5B #E8F292 #F3F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCEB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#DCEB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEB5B

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEB5B	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dceb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.166 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf18f',
    500: '#dceb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dceb5b;
$custom-light: #eaf18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dceb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90202,
    "c": 0.1662,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEB5B

secondary

#4235B5

accent

#0BDB21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEB5B

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

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