#DCEE56#DCEE56

#DCEE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.173 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEE56
RGB	rgb(220, 238, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -25.26, 68.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 73.35, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.8% -0.0751 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(90.8% 0.173 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.7709, 77.0375, 20.4180)
Luminance	0.7704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEE56 #6856EE

analogous

#EEB456 #DCEE56 #90EE56

triadic

#DCEE56 #56DCEE #EE56DC

tetradic

#DCEE56 #56EEB4 #6856EE #EE5690

square

#DCEE56 #56EEB4 #6856EE #EE5690

split-complementary

#DCEE56 #5690EE #B456EE

monochromatic

#A4B712 #D0E81E #DCEE56 #E8F48E #F3F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCEE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#DCEE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEE56

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEE56	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcee56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 238, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.173 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf38d',
    500: '#dcee56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcee56;
$custom-light: #eaf38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcee56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.105,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90802,
    "c": 0.17324,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEE56

secondary

#4132B7

accent

#07DE21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEE56

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

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