#DCE478#DCE478

#DCE478 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.132 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE478
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -17.80, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 54.40, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0508 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.132 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.6498, 72.0596, 28.4796)
Luminance	0.7206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE478 #8078E4

analogous

#E4B678 #DCE478 #A6E478

triadic

#DCE478 #78DCE4 #E478DC

tetradic

#DCE478 #78E4B6 #8078E4 #E478A6

square

#DCE478 #78E4B6 #8078E4 #E478A6

split-complementary

#DCE478 #78A6E4 #B678E4

monochromatic

#B1BC26 #CFDA45 #DCE478 #E9EEAB #F6F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#DCE478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE478

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE478	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.132 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eca1',
    500: '#dce478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce478;
$custom-light: #e9eca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89033,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE478

secondary

#4E45BB

accent

#17CF25

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE478

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

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