#DCE974#DCE974

#DCE974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.142 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE974
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 116)
HSL	hsl(67, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(67, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -20.60, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 58.54, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0591 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.142 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.8075, 74.7553, 27.6928)
Luminance	0.7475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE974 #8174E9

analogous

#E9BB74 #DCE974 #A1E974

triadic

#DCE974 #74DCE9 #E974DC

tetradic

#DCE974 #74E9BB #8174E9 #E974A1

square

#DCE974 #74E9BB #8174E9 #E974A1

split-complementary

#DCE974 #74A1E9 #BB74E9

monochromatic

#B1C41F #CFE13F #DCE974 #E9F1A9 #F7FADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCE974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#DCE974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE974

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE974	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.142 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f09f',
    500: '#dce974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce974;
$custom-light: #e9f09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90041,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE974

secondary

#4F40C1

accent

#11D527

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE974

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

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