#DCEC5B#DCEC5B

#DCEC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.167 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEC5B
RGB	rgb(220, 236, 91)
HSL	hsl(67, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -23.99, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 70.55, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0711 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.167 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.4004, 75.9628, 21.3233)
Luminance	0.7596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEC5B #6B5BEC

analogous

#ECB45B #DCEC5B #94EC5B

triadic

#DCEC5B #5BDCEC #EC5BDC

tetradic

#DCEC5B #5BECB4 #6B5BEC #EC5B94

square

#DCEC5B #5BECB4 #6B5BEC #EC5B94

split-complementary

#DCEC5B #5B94EC #B45BEC

monochromatic

#A5B715 #D0E624 #DCEC5B #E8F292 #F3F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DCEC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#DCEC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEC5B

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEC5B	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcec5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 236, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.167 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf28f',
    500: '#dcec5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcec5b;
$custom-light: #eaf28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcec5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.621,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90416,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEC5B

secondary

#4334B7

accent

#0ADC21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEC5B

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

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