#DCE38E#DCE38E

#DCE38E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.108 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE38E
RGB	rgb(220, 227, 142)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(65, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 37.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, -15.04, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 43.42, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0411 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.108 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.8673, 72.1077, 36.2450)
Luminance	0.7211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE38E #958EE3

analogous

#E3BF8E #DCE38E #B2E38E

triadic

#DCE38E #8EDCE3 #E38EDC

tetradic

#DCE38E #8EE3BF #958EE3 #E38EB2

square

#DCE38E #8EE3BF #958EE3 #E38EB2

split-complementary

#DCE38E #8EB2E3 #BF8EE3

monochromatic

#B9C631 #CDD75D #DCE38E #EBEFBF #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#DCE38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE38E

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE38E	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 227, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.108 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ebb0',
    500: '#dce38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce38e;
$custom-light: #e8ebb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.941,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89144,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE38E

secondary

#6259BC

accent

#1EC82C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE38E

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

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