#DCE296#DCE296

#DCE296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.097 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE296
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(65, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -13.61, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 38.99, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0366 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.097 112)
XYZ	xyz(62.2169, 71.8112, 39.4316)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE296 #9C96E2

analogous

#E2C296 #DCE296 #B6E296

triadic

#DCE296 #96DCE2 #E296DC

tetradic

#DCE296 #96E2C2 #9C96E2 #E296B6

square

#DCE296 #96E2C2 #9C96E2 #E296B6

split-complementary

#DCE296 #96B6E2 #C296E2

monochromatic

#BBC737 #CCD566 #DCE296 #ECEFC6 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#DCE296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE296

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE296	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.097 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ebb5',
    500: '#dce296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce296;
$custom-light: #e8ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8907,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.7181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE296

secondary

#6861BB

accent

#21C42E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE296

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

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