#DCE696#DCE696

#DCE696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.103 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE696
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(68, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 34.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -15.60, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 40.99, 112.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0422 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.103 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.3173, 74.0120, 39.7984)
Luminance	0.7401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE696 #A096E6

analogous

#E6C896 #DCE696 #B4E696

triadic

#DCE696 #96DCE6 #E696DC

tetradic

#DCE696 #96E6C8 #A096E6 #E696B4

square

#DCE696 #96E6C8 #A096E6 #E696B4

split-complementary

#DCE696 #96B4E6 #C896E6

monochromatic

#BBCE33 #CCDA65 #DCE696 #ECF2C7 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#DCE696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE696

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE696	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)

#F1DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.103 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb5',
    500: '#dce696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce696;
$custom-light: #e8edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89906,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE696

secondary

#6C60C0

accent

#1CC932

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE696

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

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