#DCE596#DCE596

#DCE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.101 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE596
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(67, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -15.10, 37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 40.49, 111.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0408 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.101 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0398, 73.4570, 39.7059)
Luminance	0.7346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE596 #9F96E5

analogous

#E5C696 #DCE596 #B5E596

triadic

#DCE596 #96DCE5 #E596DC

tetradic

#DCE596 #96E5C6 #9F96E5 #E596B5

square

#DCE596 #96E5C6 #9F96E5 #E596B5

split-complementary

#DCE596 #96B5E5 #C696E5

monochromatic

#BBCD34 #CCD965 #DCE596 #ECF1C7 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DCE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#DCE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE596

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE596	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.101 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb5',
    500: '#dce596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce596;
$custom-light: #e8edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.835,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89697,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE596

secondary

#6B61BF

accent

#1EC831

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE596

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

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