#DCE699#DCE699

#DCE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.099 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE699
RGB	rgb(220, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(68, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 33.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -15.23, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 39.52, 112.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.041 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.099 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.5619, 74.1098, 41.0870)
Luminance	0.7411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE699 #A399E6

analogous

#E6C999 #DCE699 #B6E699

triadic

#DCE699 #99DCE6 #E699DC

tetradic

#DCE699 #99E6C9 #A399E6 #E699B6

square

#DCE699 #99E6C9 #A399E6 #E699B6

split-complementary

#DCE699 #99B6E6 #C999E6

monochromatic

#BACE37 #CBDA68 #DCE699 #EDF2CA #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DCE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#DCE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE699

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE699	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.099 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8edb8',
    500: '#dce699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce699;
$custom-light: #e8edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.792,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89958,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE699

secondary

#6F63C0

accent

#1DC833

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE699

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

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