#DCDE8A#DCDE8A

#DCDE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.106 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE8A
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -13.00, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 42.99, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0356 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.106 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.2246, 69.2943, 34.2424)
Luminance	0.6929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE8A #8C8ADE

analogous

#DEB68A #DCDE8A #B2DE8A

triadic

#DCDE8A #8ADCDE #DE8ADC

tetradic

#DCDE8A #8ADEB6 #8C8ADE #DE8AB2

square

#DCDE8A #8ADEB6 #8C8ADE #DE8AB2

split-complementary

#DCDE8A #8AB2DE #B68ADE

monochromatic

#B6B934 #CED15A #DCDE8A #EAEBBA #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCDE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#DCDE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE8A

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE8A	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.106 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8ad',
    500: '#dcde8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde8a;
$custom-light: #e8e8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88035,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE8A

secondary

#5957B5

accent

#22C426

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE8A

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

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