#DCE299#DCE299

#DCE299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.094 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE299
RGB	rgb(220, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(65, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -13.25, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 37.50, 110.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0354 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.094 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.4616, 71.9090, 40.7202)
Luminance	0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE299 #9F99E2

analogous

#E2C499 #DCE299 #B8E299

triadic

#DCE299 #99DCE2 #E299DC

tetradic

#DCE299 #99E2C4 #9F99E2 #E299B8

square

#DCE299 #99E2C4 #9F99E2 #E299B8

split-complementary

#DCE299 #99B8E2 #C499E2

monochromatic

#BBC73A #CCD469 #DCE299 #ECF0C9 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#DCE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE299

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE299	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.094 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ebb7',
    500: '#dce299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce299;
$custom-light: #e7ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89123,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE299

secondary

#6B64BB

accent

#22C32F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE299

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

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