#DCE494#DCE494

#DCE494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.102 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE494
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 148)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(66, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 35.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -14.84, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 40.98, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0402 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.102 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.6042, 72.8413, 38.7730)
Luminance	0.7284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE494 #9C94E4

analogous

#E4C494 #DCE494 #B4E494

triadic

#DCE494 #94DCE4 #E494DC

tetradic

#DCE494 #94E4C4 #9C94E4 #E494B4

square

#DCE494 #94E4C4 #9C94E4 #E494B4

split-complementary

#DCE494 #94B4E4 #C494E4

monochromatic

#BBCA33 #CCD863 #DCE494 #ECF0C5 #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DCE494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#DCE494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE494

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE494	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.102 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ecb4',
    500: '#dce494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce494;
$custom-light: #e8ecb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 59.701,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89453,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE494

secondary

#685FBD

accent

#1EC72F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE494

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

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