#DCCE79#DCCE79

#DCCE79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.107 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCE79
RGB	rgb(220, 206, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -6.69, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 44.37, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0188 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.107 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0391, 60.7405, 26.9103)
Luminance	0.6074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCE79 #7987DC

analogous

#DC9D79 #DCCE79 #B9DC79

triadic

#DCCE79 #79DCCE #CE79DC

tetradic

#DCCE79 #79DC9D #7987DC #DC79B9

square

#DCCE79 #79DC9D #7987DC #DC79B9

split-complementary

#DCCE79 #79B9DC #9D79DC

monochromatic

#AD9B2D #CFBC48 #DCCE79 #E9E0AA #F5F1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DCCE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#DCCE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCE79

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCE79	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcce79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 206, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.107 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dca1',
    500: '#dcce79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcce79;
$custom-light: #e8dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcce79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84458,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCE79

secondary

#4A58B0

accent

#37C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCE79

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

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