#DCEB79#DCEB79

#DCEB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.140 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEB79
RGB	rgb(220, 235, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 48.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -21.12, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 57.22, 111.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0601 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.14 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.6756, 76.0135, 29.4558)
Luminance	0.7601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEB79 #8879EB

analogous

#EBC179 #DCEB79 #A3EB79

triadic

#DCEB79 #79DCEB #EB79DC

tetradic

#DCEB79 #79EBC1 #8879EB #EB79A3

square

#DCEB79 #79EBC1 #8879EB #EB79A3

split-complementary

#DCEB79 #79A3EB #C179EB

monochromatic

#B5CB1E #CEE344 #DCEB79 #EAF3AE #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DCEB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#DCEB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEB79

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEB79	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dceb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 235, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.140 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f1a2',
    500: '#dceb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dceb79;
$custom-light: #e9f1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dceb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90529,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEB79

secondary

#5544C4

accent

#0FD62A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEB79

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

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