#DCDE79#DCDE79

#DCDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.124 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE79
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -14.75, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 51.19, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.042 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.124 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0888, 68.8399, 28.2602)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE79 #7B79DE

analogous

#DEAE79 #DCDE79 #AADE79

triadic

#DCDE79 #79DCDE #DE79DC

tetradic

#DCDE79 #79DEAE #7B79DE #DE79AA

square

#DCDE79 #79DEAE #7B79DE #DE79AA

split-complementary

#DCDE79 #79AADE #AE79DE

monochromatic

#AEB12C #CFD248 #DCDE79 #E9EAAA #F6F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#DCDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE79

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE79	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.124 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8a2',
    500: '#dcde79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde79;
$custom-light: #e8e8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.188,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87783,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE79

secondary

#4B48B3

accent

#1DC821

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE79

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

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