#DCE5AA#DCE5AA

#DCE5AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.078 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE5AA
RGB	rgb(220, 229, 170)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(69, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 25.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -12.53, 27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 30.53, 114.23°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0328 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.078 115)
XYZ	xyz(64.7899, 74.1570, 48.9230)
Luminance	0.7416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE5AA #B3AAE5

analogous

#E5D0AA #DCE5AA #BEE5AA

triadic

#DCE5AA #AADCE5 #E5AADC

tetradic

#DCE5AA #AAE5D0 #B3AAE5 #E5AABE

square

#DCE5AA #AAE5D0 #B3AAE5 #E5AABE

split-complementary

#DCE5AA #AABEE5 #D0AAE5

monochromatic

#B5C84C #C9D77B #DCE5AA #EFF3D9 #F5F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#DCE5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE5AA

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE5AA	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 229, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.078 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7edc3',
    500: '#dce5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce5aa;
$custom-light: #e7edc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.153,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90069,
    "c": 0.07753,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.74157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE5AA

secondary

#7F74BF

accent

#25C13D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE5AA

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

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