#DCE4AC#DCE4AC

#DCE4AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.074 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE4AC
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 172)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(69, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 24.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -11.75, 26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 29.00, 113.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0306 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.074 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7046, 73.6815, 49.8350)
Luminance	0.7368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE4AC #B4ACE4

analogous

#E4D0AC #DCE4AC #C0E4AC

triadic

#DCE4AC #ACDCE4 #E4ACDC

tetradic

#DCE4AC #ACE4D0 #B4ACE4 #E4ACC0

square

#DCE4AC #ACE4D0 #B4ACE4 #E4ACC0

split-complementary

#DCE4AC #ACC0E4 #D0ACE4

monochromatic

#B5C650 #C9D57E #DCE4AC #EFF3DA #F5F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#DCE4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE4AC

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE4AC	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECE0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.074 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ecc5',
    500: '#dce4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce4ac;
$custom-light: #e7ecc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89902,
    "c": 0.07369,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE4AC

secondary

#8076BE

accent

#27BE3D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE4AC

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

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