#DCDE78#DCDE78

#DCDE78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.125 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE78
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 120)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 45.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -14.84, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 51.66, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0423 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.125 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0278, 68.8155, 27.9389)
Luminance	0.6881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE78 #7A78DE

analogous

#DEAD78 #DCDE78 #A9DE78

triadic

#DCDE78 #78DCDE #DE78DC

tetradic

#DCDE78 #78DEAD #7A78DE #DE78A9

square

#DCDE78 #78DEAD #7A78DE #DE78A9

split-complementary

#DCDE78 #78A9DE #AD78DE

monochromatic

#AEB02B #CFD247 #DCDE78 #E9EAA9 #F6F6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCDE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#DCDE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE78

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE78	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.125 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8a1',
    500: '#dcde78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde78;
$custom-light: #e9e8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87769,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE78

secondary

#4A48B2

accent

#1DC820

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE78

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

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