#DCE697#DCE697

#DCE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.101 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE697
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(68, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 34.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -15.48, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 40.50, 112.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0418 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.101 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.3981, 74.0443, 40.2243)
Luminance	0.7404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE697 #A197E6

analogous

#E6C997 #DCE697 #B5E697

triadic

#DCE697 #97DCE6 #E697DC

tetradic

#DCE697 #97E6C9 #A197E6 #E697B5

square

#DCE697 #97E6C9 #A197E6 #E697B5

split-complementary

#DCE697 #97B5E6 #C997E6

monochromatic

#BBCE34 #CBDA66 #DCE697 #EDF2C8 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#DCE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE697

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE697	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.101 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb6',
    500: '#dce697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce697;
$custom-light: #e8edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.595,
    "s": 61.24,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89923,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE697

secondary

#6D61C0

accent

#1DC932

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE697

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

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