#DCE97E#DCE97E

#DCE97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.132 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE97E
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 45.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.39, -19.67, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.39, 53.96, 111.38°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0555 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.132 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4208, 75.0006, 30.9229)
Luminance	0.7500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE97E #8B7EE9

analogous

#E9C17E #DCE97E #A6E97E

triadic

#DCE97E #7EDCE9 #E97EDC

tetradic

#DCE97E #7EE9C1 #8B7EE9 #E97EA6

square

#DCE97E #7EE9C1 #8B7EE9 #E97EA6

split-complementary

#DCE97E #7EA6E9 #C17EE9

monochromatic

#B6CA22 #CEE04A #DCE97E #EAF2B2 #F8FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCE97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#DCE97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE97E

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE97E	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.132 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0a5',
    500: '#dce97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce97e;
$custom-light: #e8f0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.29,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9017,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE97E

secondary

#5849C2

accent

#13D32A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE97E

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

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