#DCE799#DCE799

#DCE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.100 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE799
RGB	rgb(220, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(68, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 33.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.24, -15.73, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.24, 40.03, 113.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0424 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.1 115)
XYZ	xyz(63.8410, 74.6680, 41.1800)
Luminance	0.7467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE799 #A499E7

analogous

#E7CB99 #DCE799 #B5E799

triadic

#DCE799 #99DCE7 #E799DC

tetradic

#DCE799 #99E7CB #A499E7 #E799B5

square

#DCE799 #99E7CB #A499E7 #E799B5

split-complementary

#DCE799 #99B5E7 #CB99E7

monochromatic

#BAD036 #CBDB67 #DCE799 #EDF3CB #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DCE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#DCE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE799

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE799	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.100 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eeb8',
    500: '#dce799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce799;
$custom-light: #e8eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.462,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90167,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.74667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE799

secondary

#7063C1

accent

#1CCA34

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE799

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

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