#DCF257#DCF257

#DCF257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.177 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF257
RGB	rgb(220, 242, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -27.09, 69.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 74.69, 111.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0801 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.177 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.9889, 79.4088, 21.0242)
Luminance	0.7941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF257 #6D57F2

analogous

#F2BA57 #DCF257 #8FF257

triadic

#DCF257 #57DCF2 #F257DC

tetradic

#DCF257 #57F2BA #6D57F2 #F2578F

square

#DCF257 #57F2BA #6D57F2 #F2578F

split-complementary

#DCF257 #578FF2 #BA57F2

monochromatic

#A7C00F #D0EE1E #DCF257 #E8F690 #F4FBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DCF257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#DCF257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF257

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF257	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 242, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.177 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf68e',
    500: '#dcf257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf257;
$custom-light: #eaf68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.516,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91671,
    "c": 0.17699,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF257

secondary

#4430BE

accent

#03E223

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF257

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

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