#DCF079#DCF079

#DCF079 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.146 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF079
RGB	rgb(220, 240, 121)
HSL	hsl(70, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(70, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 49.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.20, -23.52, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.20, 59.60, 113.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0669 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.146 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.1272, 78.9169, 29.9397)
Luminance	0.7892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF079 #8D79F0

analogous

#F0C879 #DCF079 #A0F079

triadic

#DCF079 #79DCF0 #F079DC

tetradic

#DCF079 #79F0C8 #8D79F0 #F079A0

square

#DCF079 #79F0C8 #8D79F0 #F079A0

split-complementary

#DCF079 #79A0F0 #C879F0

monochromatic

#B7D718 #CEEA42 #DCF079 #EAF6B0 #F8FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#DCF079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#DCF079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF079

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF079	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 240, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.146 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f4a2',
    500: '#dcf079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf079;
$custom-light: #e9f4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.084,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91594,
    "c": 0.14603,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF079

secondary

#5A43CA

accent

#09DC2D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF079

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

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