#DCE695#DCE695

#DCE695 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.104 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE695
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 149)
HSL	hsl(67, 62%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(67, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 35.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -15.71, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 41.48, 112.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% -0.0426 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.104 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.2371, 73.9799, 39.3762)
Luminance	0.7398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE695 #9F95E6

analogous

#E6C895 #DCE695 #B4E695

triadic

#DCE695 #95DCE6 #E695DC

tetradic

#DCE695 #95E6C8 #9F95E6 #E695B4

square

#DCE695 #95E6C8 #9F95E6 #E695B4

split-complementary

#DCE695 #95B4E6 #C895E6

monochromatic

#BBCF32 #CCDA63 #DCE695 #ECF2C7 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE695 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#DCE695 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE695

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE695	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE695	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce695;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.104 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb5',
    500: '#dce695',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce695;
$custom-light: #e8edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce695",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.407,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89889,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE695

secondary

#6B5FC0

accent

#1CCA31

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE695

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

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