#DCE978#DCE978

#DCE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.138 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE978
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(67, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(67, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -20.24, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 56.73, 110.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0577 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.138 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.0452, 74.8504, 28.9447)
Luminance	0.7485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE978 #8578E9

analogous

#E9BE78 #DCE978 #A4E978

triadic

#DCE978 #78DCE9 #E978DC

tetradic

#DCE978 #78E9BE #8578E9 #E978A4

square

#DCE978 #78E9BE #8578E9 #E978A4

split-complementary

#DCE978 #78A4E9 #BE78E9

monochromatic

#B3C620 #CEE043 #DCE978 #EAF2AD #F7FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#DCE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE978

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE978	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.138 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a1',
    500: '#dce978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce978;
$custom-light: #e9f0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.903,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90091,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE978

secondary

#5244C1

accent

#11D428

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE978

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

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