#DCE899#DCE899

#DCE899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.102 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE899
RGB	rgb(220, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -16.22, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 40.54, 113.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.0438 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.102 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1217, 75.2293, 41.2736)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE899 #A599E8

analogous

#E8CC99 #DCE899 #B4E899

triadic

#DCE899 #99DCE8 #E899DC

tetradic

#DCE899 #99E8CC #A599E8 #E899B4

square

#DCE899 #99E8CC #A599E8 #E899B4

split-complementary

#DCE899 #99B4E8 #CC99E8

monochromatic

#BAD135 #CBDD67 #DCE899 #EDF3CB #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCE899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#DCE899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE899

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE899	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.102 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8efb8',
    500: '#dce899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce899;
$custom-light: #e8efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.114,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90377,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE899

secondary

#7163C3

accent

#1BCB35

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE899

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

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