#DCEC72#DCEC72

#DCEC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.148 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEC72
RGB	rgb(220, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(68, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.06, -22.23, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.06, 60.83, 111.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.0639 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.148 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.5489, 76.4222, 27.3722)
Luminance	0.7642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEC72 #8272EC

analogous

#ECBF72 #DCEC72 #9FEC72

triadic

#DCEC72 #72DCEC #EC72DC

tetradic

#DCEC72 #72ECBF #8272EC #EC729F

square

#DCEC72 #72ECBF #8272EC #EC729F

split-complementary

#DCEC72 #729FEC #BF72EC

monochromatic

#B2C91B #CFE53C #DCEC72 #E9F3A8 #F7FBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DCEC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#DCEC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEC72

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEC72	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.148 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f29e',
    500: '#dcec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcec72;
$custom-light: #e9f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.869,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90655,
    "c": 0.14778,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEC72

secondary

#503EC4

accent

#0DD828

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEC72

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

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