#DCE397#DCE397

#DCE397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.098 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE397
RGB	rgb(220, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(66, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 33.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -13.99, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 39.00, 111.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0376 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.098 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.5705, 72.3890, 39.9484)
Luminance	0.7239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE397 #9E97E3

analogous

#E3C497 #DCE397 #B6E397

triadic

#DCE397 #97DCE3 #E397DC

tetradic

#DCE397 #97E3C4 #9E97E3 #E397B6

square

#DCE397 #97E3C4 #9E97E3 #E397B6

split-complementary

#DCE397 #97B6E3 #C497E3

monochromatic

#BCC937 #CCD667 #DCE397 #ECF0C7 #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#DCE397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE397

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE397	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.098 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ebb6',
    500: '#dce397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce397;
$custom-light: #e8ebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89296,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE397

secondary

#6A62BC

accent

#20C530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE397

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

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