#dcf500

Color #dcf500

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 12.01 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#dcf500

RGB

rgb(220, 245, 0)

HSL

hsl(66.1, 100%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.1, 100%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 100%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(91.92, -31.14, 89.47)

LCH

lch(91.92, 94.73, 109.19)

OKLCH

oklch(92%, 0.2121, 116.98)

HWB

hwb(66.1, 0%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1900f5

Analogous

#f59300

#dcf500

#62f500

Triadic

#dcf500

#00dcf5

#f500dc

Split-complementary

#dcf500

#0062f5

#9300f5

Tetradic

#dcf500

#00f519

#1900f5

#f500dc

Square

#dcf500

#00f593

#1900f5

#f50062

Shades

Color #dcf500 mixed toward black.

#b7cc00

#93a300

#6e7a00

#495200

#252900

Tints

Color #dcf500 mixed toward white.

#e9ff22

#edff4e

#f2ff7a

#f6ffa7

#fbffd3

Tones

Color #dcf500 mixed toward gray.

#cce014

#bbcc29

#abb83d

#9ba352

#8b8f66

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e7e781 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#e6e48f · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#dda9b0 · ΔE 49.7

Achromatopsia

#e8e8e8 · ΔE 30.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcf500;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcf500]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dcf500 (#dcf500) is rgb(220, 245, 0) in RGB.

No, #dcf500 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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