#DCEC8A#DCEC8A

#DCEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.124 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEC8A
RGB	rgb(220, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(70, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -19.90, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 49.80, 113.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0552 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.124 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.0985, 77.0421, 35.5337)
Luminance	0.7704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEC8A #9A8AEC

analogous

#ECCB8A #DCEC8A #ABEC8A

triadic

#DCEC8A #8ADCEC #EC8ADC

tetradic

#DCEC8A #8AECCB #9A8AEC #EC8AAB

square

#DCEC8A #8AECCB #9A8AEC #EC8AAB

split-complementary

#DCEC8A #8AABEC #CB8AEC

monochromatic

#BBD823 #CCE355 #DCEC8A #ECF5BF #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#DCEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEC8A

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEC8A	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.124 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2ad',
    500: '#dcec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcec8a;
$custom-light: #e8f2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90977,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEC8A

secondary

#6654C7

accent

#11D431

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEC8A

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

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