#DCEC49#DCEC49

#DCEC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.180 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEC49
RGB	rgb(220, 236, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.71, -25.05, 73.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.71, 77.26, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0758 0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.18 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7149, 75.6886, 17.7130)
Luminance	0.7569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEC49 #5949EC

analogous

#ECAB49 #DCEC49 #8AEC49

triadic

#DCEC49 #49DCEC #EC49DC

tetradic

#DCEC49 #49ECAB #5949EC #EC498A

square

#DCEC49 #49ECAB #5949EC #EC498A

split-complementary

#DCEC49 #498AEC #AB49EC

monochromatic

#9AA912 #CDE017 #DCEC49 #E7F280 #F1F8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DCEC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#DCEC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEC49

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEC49	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcec49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 236, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.180 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf285',
    500: '#dcec49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcec49;
$custom-light: #eaf285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcec49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.89,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90273,
    "c": 0.17978,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEC49

secondary

#3B2FAA

accent

#08DD1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEC49

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

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