#DCE179#DCE179

#DCE179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.128 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE179
RGB	rgb(220, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -16.23, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 52.55, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.0462 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.128 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.8926, 70.4477, 28.5282)
Luminance	0.7045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE179 #7E79E1

analogous

#E1B279 #DCE179 #A8E179

triadic

#DCE179 #79DCE1 #E179DC

tetradic

#DCE179 #79E1B2 #7E79E1 #E179A8

square

#DCE179 #79E1B2 #7E79E1 #E179A8

split-complementary

#DCE179 #79A8E1 #B279E1

monochromatic

#B0B729 #CFD647 #DCE179 #E9ECAB #F6F7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCE179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#DCE179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE179

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE179	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.128 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eaa2',
    500: '#dce179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce179;
$custom-light: #e9eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.885,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88413,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE179

secondary

#4C47B8

accent

#1ACB23

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE179

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

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