#DCEA72#DCEA72

#DCEA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.145 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEA72
RGB	rgb(220, 234, 114)
HSL	hsl(67, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(67, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 51.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.52, -21.26, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.52, 59.90, 110.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0611 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.145 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9763, 75.2770, 27.1814)
Luminance	0.7528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEA72 #8072EA

analogous

#EABC72 #DCEA72 #A0EA72

triadic

#DCEA72 #72DCEA #EA72DC

tetradic

#DCEA72 #72EABC #8072EA #EA72A0

square

#DCEA72 #72EABC #8072EA #EA72A0

split-complementary

#DCEA72 #72A0EA #BC72EA

monochromatic

#B1C41D #CFE23D #DCEA72 #E9F2A7 #F6FADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCEA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#DCEA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEA72

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEA72	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcea72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 234, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.145 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f09e',
    500: '#dcea72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcea72;
$custom-light: #e9f09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcea72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9023,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEA72

secondary

#4E3EC2

accent

#0FD627

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEA72

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

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