#DCE74E#DCE74E

#DCE74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.171 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE74E
RGB	rgb(220, 231, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 66.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -22.39, 69.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 73.45, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0679 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.171 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.4679, 72.9187, 18.1483)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE74E #594EE7

analogous

#E7A64E #DCE74E #8FE74E

triadic

#DCE74E #4EDCE7 #E74EDC

tetradic

#DCE74E #4EE7A6 #594EE7 #E74E8F

square

#DCE74E #4EE7A6 #594EE7 #E74E8F

split-complementary

#DCE74E #4E8FE7 #A64EE7

monochromatic

#9AA416 #CDDA1E #DCE74E #E7EE84 #F1F6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#DCE74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE74E

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE74E	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 231, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.171 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaee88',
    500: '#dce74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce74e;
$custom-light: #eaee88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.314,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89237,
    "c": 0.17123,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE74E

secondary

#3B33A6

accent

#0DD81C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE74E

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

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