#DCE277#DCE277

#DCE277 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.131 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE277
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 119)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 47.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -16.91, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 53.94, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.6% -0.0483 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(88.6% 0.131 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0424, 70.9414, 27.9793)
Luminance	0.7094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE277 #7D77E2

analogous

#E2B277 #DCE277 #A7E277

triadic

#DCE277 #77DCE2 #E277DC

tetradic

#DCE277 #77E2B2 #7D77E2 #E277A7

square

#DCE277 #77E2B2 #7D77E2 #E277A7

split-complementary

#DCE277 #77A7E2 #B277E2

monochromatic

#AFB727 #CFD745 #DCE277 #E9EDA9 #F6F8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DCE277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#DCE277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE277

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE277	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.131 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eba0',
    500: '#dce277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce277;
$custom-light: #e9eba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.364,
    "s": 64.848,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88598,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE277

secondary

#4C45B8

accent

#19CD23

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE277

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

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