#DCDE72#DCDE72

#DCDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.131 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE72
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -15.39, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 54.47, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0445 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.131 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6750, 68.6744, 26.0809)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE72 #7472DE

analogous

#DEAA72 #DCDE72 #A6DE72

triadic

#DCDE72 #72DCDE #DE72DC

tetradic

#DCDE72 #72DEAA #7472DE #DE72A6

square

#DCDE72 #72DEAA #7472DE #DE72A6

split-complementary

#DCDE72 #72A6DE #AA72DE

monochromatic

#ABAD29 #D0D240 #DCDE72 #E8EAA4 #F5F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#DCDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE72

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE72	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.131 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e89d',
    500: '#dcde72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde72;
$custom-light: #e9e89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.111,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87691,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE72

secondary

#4745AF

accent

#1CCA1F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE72

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

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