#DCEF79#DCEF79

#DCEF79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.145 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCEF79
RGB	rgb(220, 239, 121)
HSL	hsl(70, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(70, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.93, -23.04, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.93, 59.12, 112.94°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0655 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.145 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.8337, 78.3297, 29.8418)
Luminance	0.7833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCEF79 #8C79EF

analogous

#EFC779 #DCEF79 #A1EF79

triadic

#DCEF79 #79DCEF #EF79DC

tetradic

#DCEF79 #79EFC7 #8C79EF #EF79A1

square

#DCEF79 #79EFC7 #8C79EF #EF79A1

split-complementary

#DCEF79 #79A1EF #C779EF

monochromatic

#B6D419 #CEE842 #DCEF79 #EAF6B0 #F8FCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#DCEF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#DCEF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCEF79

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCEF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCEF79	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcef79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 239, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.145 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f4a2',
    500: '#dcef79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcef79;
$custom-light: #e9f4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcef79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.661,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9138,
    "c": 0.1448,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCEF79

secondary

#5944C9

accent

#0BDB2C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCEF79

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

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