#DCE178#DCE178

#DCE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.129 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE178
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 47%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 46.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.20, -16.33, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.20, 53.02, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0466 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.129 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.8316, 70.4233, 28.2069)
Luminance	0.7042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE178 #7D78E1

analogous

#E1B178 #DCE178 #A8E178

triadic

#DCE178 #78DCE1 #E178DC

tetradic

#DCE178 #78E1B1 #7D78E1 #E178A8

square

#DCE178 #78E1B1 #7D78E1 #E178A8

split-complementary

#DCE178 #78A8E1 #B178E1

monochromatic

#AFB628 #CFD646 #DCE178 #E9ECAA #F6F7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#DCE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE178

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE178	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.129 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eaa1',
    500: '#dce178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce178;
$custom-light: #e9eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.884,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE178

secondary

#4C46B7

accent

#1ACB23

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE178

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

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