#DCE176#DCE176

#DCE176 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.131 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE176
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 118)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(63, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 47.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.18, -16.51, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.18, 53.95, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0473 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.131 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.7115, 70.3752, 27.5743)
Luminance	0.7037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE176 #7B76E1

analogous

#E1B176 #DCE176 #A6E176

triadic

#DCE176 #76DCE1 #E176DC

tetradic

#DCE176 #76E1B1 #7B76E1 #E176A6

square

#DCE176 #76E1B1 #7B76E1 #E176A6

split-complementary

#DCE176 #76A6E1 #B176E1

monochromatic

#AEB528 #CFD644 #DCE176 #E9ECA8 #F6F7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCE176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#DCE176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE176

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE176	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.131 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eaa0',
    500: '#dce176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce176;
$custom-light: #e9eaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.804,
    "s": 64.072,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88374,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE176

secondary

#4B45B6

accent

#1ACC22

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE176

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

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