#DCE579#DCE579

#DCE579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.133 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE579
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(65, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -18.20, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 54.40, 109.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0518 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.133 113)
XYZ	xyz(60.9867, 72.6357, 28.8928)
Luminance	0.7264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE579 #8279E5

analogous

#E5B879 #DCE579 #A6E579

triadic

#DCE579 #79DCE5 #E579DC

tetradic

#DCE579 #79E5B8 #8279E5 #E579A6

square

#DCE579 #79E5B8 #8279E5 #E579A6

split-complementary

#DCE579 #79A6E5 #B879E5

monochromatic

#B2BF25 #CFDB46 #DCE579 #E9EFAC #F7F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#DCE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE579

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE579	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.133 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eda2',
    500: '#dce579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce579;
$custom-light: #e9eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89257,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.72635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE579

secondary

#5046BD

accent

#16CF26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE579

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

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