#DCDE99#DCDE99

#DCDE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.089 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE99
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(62, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -11.25, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 35.53, 108.45°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0297 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.089 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.3865, 69.7590, 40.3619)
Luminance	0.6976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE99 #9B99DE

analogous

#DEBD99 #DCDE99 #B9DE99

triadic

#DCDE99 #99DCDE #DE99DC

tetradic

#DCDE99 #99DEBD #9B99DE #DE99B9

square

#DCDE99 #99DEBD #9B99DE #DE99B9

split-complementary

#DCDE99 #99B9DE #BD99DE

monochromatic

#BBBF3E #CCCF6B #DCDE99 #ECEDC7 #F7F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCDE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#DCDE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE99

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE99	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.089 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e8b7',
    500: '#dcde99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde99;
$custom-light: #e7e8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88292,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE99

secondary

#6765B6

accent

#27BE2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE99

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

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