#DCE072#DCE072

#DCE072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.134 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE072
RGB	rgb(220, 224, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 49.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -16.38, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 55.35, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0473 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.134 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.2093, 69.7431, 26.2590)
Luminance	0.6974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE072 #7672E0

analogous

#E0AD72 #DCE072 #A5E072

triadic

#DCE072 #72DCE0 #E072DC

tetradic

#DCE072 #72E0AD #7672E0 #E072A5

square

#DCE072 #72E0AD #7672E0 #E072A5

split-complementary

#DCE072 #72A5E0 #AD72E0

monochromatic

#ACB127 #D0D540 #DCE072 #E8EBA4 #F5F6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCE072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#DCE072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE072

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE072	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 224, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.134 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e99d',
    500: '#dce072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce072;
$custom-light: #e9e99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.182,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88112,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE072

secondary

#4844B2

accent

#1ACC20

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE072

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

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