#DCF179#DCF179

#DCF179 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.147 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF179
RGB	rgb(220, 241, 121)
HSL	hsl(71, 81%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(71, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 49.8%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -24.00, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 60.08, 113.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.81% -0.0682 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(91.81% 0.147 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4224, 79.5072, 30.0381)
Luminance	0.7951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF179 #8E79F1

analogous

#F1CA79 #DCF179 #A0F179

triadic

#DCF179 #79DCF1 #F179DC

tetradic

#DCF179 #79F1CA #8E79F1 #F179A0

square

#DCF179 #79F1CA #8E79F1 #F179A0

split-complementary

#DCF179 #79A0F1 #CA79F1

monochromatic

#B7D917 #CEEB42 #DCF179 #EAF7B0 #F8FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DCF179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#DCF179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF179

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF179	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 241, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.147 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f5a2',
    500: '#dcf179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf179;
$custom-light: #e9f5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.5,
    "s": 81.081,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91807,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF179

secondary

#5B43CB

accent

#08DD2D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF179

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

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