#DCDE97#DCDE97

#DCDE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.091 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE97
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 151)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(62, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -11.49, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 36.54, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0305 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.091 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.2227, 69.6935, 39.4992)
Luminance	0.6969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE97 #9997DE

analogous

#DEBC97 #DCDE97 #B8DE97

triadic

#DCDE97 #97DCDE #DE97DC

tetradic

#DCDE97 #97DEBC #9997DE #DE97B8

square

#DCDE97 #97DEBC #9997DE #DE97B8

split-complementary

#DCDE97 #97B8DE #BC97DE

monochromatic

#BBBE3C #CCCF69 #DCDE97 #ECEDC5 #F7F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCDE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#DCDE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE97

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE97	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.091 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e8b6',
    500: '#dcde97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde97;
$custom-light: #e7e8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88256,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE97

secondary

#6563B6

accent

#26BF2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE97

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

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