#DCE479#DCE479

#DCE479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.131 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE479
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -17.71, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 53.93, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.0504 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.131 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7108, 72.0840, 28.8009)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE479 #8179E4

analogous

#E4B679 #DCE479 #A6E479

triadic

#DCE479 #79DCE4 #E479DC

tetradic

#DCE479 #79E4B6 #8179E4 #E479A6

square

#DCE479 #79E4B6 #8179E4 #E479A6

split-complementary

#DCE479 #79A6E4 #B679E4

monochromatic

#B1BD26 #CFDA46 #DCE479 #E9EEAC #F7F9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#DCE479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE479

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE479	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.131 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eca2',
    500: '#dce479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce479;
$custom-light: #e9eca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.486,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89046,
    "c": 0.13147,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE479

secondary

#4F46BB

accent

#17CE25

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE479

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

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