#DCE172#DCE172

#DCE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.135 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE172
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -16.88, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 55.80, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.32% -0.0487 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(88.32% 0.135 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4789, 70.2822, 26.3489)
Luminance	0.7028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE172 #7772E1

analogous

#E1AF72 #DCE172 #A5E172

triadic

#DCE172 #72DCE1 #E172DC

tetradic

#DCE172 #72E1AF #7772E1 #E172A5

square

#DCE172 #72E1AF #7772E1 #E172A5

split-complementary

#DCE172 #72A5E1 #AF72E1

monochromatic

#ACB326 #CFD640 #DCE172 #E9ECA4 #F5F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#DCE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE172

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE172	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.135 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea9d',
    500: '#dce172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce172;
$custom-light: #e9ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.703,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88323,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE172

secondary

#4843B4

accent

#19CD21

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE172

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

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