#DCE896#DCE896

#DCE896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.105 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE896
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(69, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 35.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -16.58, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 42.01, 113.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.045 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.105 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.8770, 75.1315, 39.9850)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE896 #A296E8

analogous

#E8CB96 #DCE896 #B3E896

triadic

#DCE896 #96DCE8 #E896DC

tetradic

#DCE896 #96E8CB #A296E8 #E896B3

square

#DCE896 #96E8CB #A296E8 #E896B3

split-complementary

#DCE896 #96B3E8 #CB96E8

monochromatic

#BBD232 #CBDD64 #DCE896 #EDF3C8 #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCE896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#DCE896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE896

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE896	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.105 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8efb6',
    500: '#dce896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce896;
$custom-light: #e8efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.78,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90325,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE896

secondary

#6E60C2

accent

#1ACC34

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE896

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

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