#DCE396#DCE396

#DCE396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.099 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE396
RGB	rgb(220, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(65, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 33.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -14.11, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 39.49, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.038 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.099 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.4896, 72.3566, 39.5225)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE396 #9D96E3

analogous

#E3C496 #DCE396 #B6E396

triadic

#DCE396 #96DCE3 #E396DC

tetradic

#DCE396 #96E3C4 #9D96E3 #E396B6

square

#DCE396 #96E3C4 #9D96E3 #E396B6

split-complementary

#DCE396 #96B6E3 #C496E3

monochromatic

#BCC936 #CCD666 #DCE396 #ECF0C6 #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#DCE396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE396

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE396	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.099 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ebb5',
    500: '#dce396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce396;
$custom-light: #e8ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89279,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE396

secondary

#6961BC

accent

#20C52F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE396

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

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