#DCE279#DCE279

#DCE279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.129 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE279
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 46.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.48, -16.73, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.48, 53.01, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0476 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.129 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.1638, 70.9899, 28.6185)
Luminance	0.7099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE279 #7F79E2

analogous

#E2B479 #DCE279 #A7E279

triadic

#DCE279 #79DCE2 #E279DC

tetradic

#DCE279 #79E2B4 #7F79E2 #E279A7

square

#DCE279 #79E2B4 #7F79E2 #E279A7

split-complementary

#DCE279 #79A7E2 #B479E2

monochromatic

#B0B928 #CFD747 #DCE279 #E9EDAB #F6F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DCE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#DCE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE279

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE279	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.129 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eba2',
    500: '#dce279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce279;
$custom-light: #e9eba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88624,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE279

secondary

#4D46B9

accent

#19CC24

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE279

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

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