#DCEC8B#DCEC8B

#DCEC8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.123 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEC8B
RGB	rgb(220, 236, 139)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(70, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -19.79, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 49.32, 113.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.99% -0.0548 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(90.99% 0.123 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.1713, 77.0712, 35.9168)
Luminance	0.7707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEC8B #9B8BEC

analogous

#ECCB8B #DCEC8B #ABEC8B

triadic

#DCEC8B #8BDCEC #EC8BDC

tetradic

#DCEC8B #8BECCB #9B8BEC #EC8BAB

square

#DCEC8B #8BECCB #9B8BEC #EC8BAB

split-complementary

#DCEC8B #8BABEC #CB8BEC

monochromatic

#BBD924 #CCE356 #DCEC8B #ECF5C0 #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCEC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#DCEC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEC8B

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEC8B	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)

#F8E383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcec8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 236, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.123 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2ae',
    500: '#dcec8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcec8b;
$custom-light: #e8f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcec8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.897,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90992,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEC8B

secondary

#6755C7

accent

#12D432

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEC8B

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

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