#DCEB5E#DCEB5E

#DCEB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.164 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEB5E
RGB	rgb(220, 235, 94)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 60%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -23.30, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 68.91, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0689 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.164 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2453, 75.4414, 21.9228)
Luminance	0.7544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEB5E #6D5EEB

analogous

#EBB45E #DCEB5E #96EB5E

triadic

#DCEB5E #5EDCEB #EB5EDC

tetradic

#DCEB5E #5EEBB4 #6D5EEB #EB5E96

square

#DCEB5E #5EEBB4 #6D5EEB #EB5E96

split-complementary

#DCEB5E #5E96EB #B45EEB

monochromatic

#A7B817 #D0E428 #DCEB5E #E8F294 #F4F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCEB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#DCEB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEB5E

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEB5E	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dceb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 235, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.164 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf191',
    500: '#dceb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dceb5e;
$custom-light: #eaf191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dceb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.383,
    "s": 77.901,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9023,
    "c": 0.16385,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEB5E

secondary

#4436B7

accent

#0BDA21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEB5E

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

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