#DCE4AA#DCE4AA

#DCE4AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.076 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE4AA
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 170)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(68, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 25.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -12.03, 27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 30.01, 113.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0314 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.076 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.5140, 73.6052, 48.8310)
Luminance	0.7360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE4AA #B2AAE4

analogous

#E4CFAA #DCE4AA #BFE4AA

triadic

#DCE4AA #AADCE4 #E4AADC

tetradic

#DCE4AA #AAE4CF #B2AAE4 #E4AABF

square

#DCE4AA #AAE4CF #B2AAE4 #E4AABF

split-complementary

#DCE4AA #AABFE4 #CFAAE4

monochromatic

#B6C64D #C9D57C #DCE4AA #EFF3D8 #F5F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#DCE4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE4AA

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE4AA	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.076 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ecc3',
    500: '#dce4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce4aa;
$custom-light: #e7ecc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89861,
    "c": 0.07616,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE4AA

secondary

#7E74BE

accent

#26BF3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE4AA

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

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