#DCE472#DCE472

#DCE472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.138 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE472
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(64, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -18.35, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 57.15, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0529 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.138 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2970, 71.9184, 26.6216)
Luminance	0.7192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE472 #7A72E4

analogous

#E4B372 #DCE472 #A3E472

triadic

#DCE472 #72DCE4 #E472DC

tetradic

#DCE472 #72E4B3 #7A72E4 #E472A3

square

#DCE472 #72E4B3 #7A72E4 #E472A3

split-complementary

#DCE472 #72A3E4 #B372E4

monochromatic

#AEB823 #CFDA3F #DCE472 #E9EEA5 #F5F8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#DCE472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE472

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE472	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.138 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ec9d',
    500: '#dce472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce472;
$custom-light: #e9ec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.211,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88957,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE472

secondary

#4A42B9

accent

#16D023

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE472

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

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