#DCE97A#DCE97A

#DCE97A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.136 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE97A
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(67, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -20.05, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 55.81, 111.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.057 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.136 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.1678, 74.8994, 29.5906)
Luminance	0.7490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE97A #877AE9

analogous

#E9BF7A #DCE97A #A5E97A

triadic

#DCE97A #7ADCE9 #E97ADC

tetradic

#DCE97A #7AE9BF #877AE9 #E97AA5

square

#DCE97A #7AE9BF #877AE9 #E97AA5

split-complementary

#DCE97A #7AA5E9 #BF7AE9

monochromatic

#B4C821 #CEE045 #DCE97A #EAF2AF #F8FAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCE97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#DCE97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE97A

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE97A	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.136 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a3',
    500: '#dce97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce97a;
$custom-light: #e9f0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.027,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90117,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE97A

secondary

#5446C1

accent

#12D429

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE97A

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

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