#DCE796#DCE796

#DCE796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.104 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE796
RGB	rgb(220, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(68, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 35.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.19, -16.09, 38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.19, 41.50, 112.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0436 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.104 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.5964, 74.5701, 39.8914)
Luminance	0.7457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE796 #A196E7

analogous

#E7CA96 #DCE796 #B4E796

triadic

#DCE796 #96DCE7 #E796DC

tetradic

#DCE796 #96E7CA #A196E7 #E796B4

square

#DCE796 #96E7CA #A196E7 #E796B4

split-complementary

#DCE796 #96B4E7 #CA96E7

monochromatic

#BBD032 #CBDC64 #DCE796 #EDF2C8 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCE796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#DCE796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE796

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE796	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.104 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eeb5',
    500: '#dce796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce796;
$custom-light: #e8eeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.148,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90115,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE796

secondary

#6D60C1

accent

#1BCB33

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE796

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

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