#DCE98A#DCE98A

#DCE98A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.120 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE98A
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 138)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 40.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.55, -18.44, 44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.55, 48.31, 112.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0511 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.12 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.2421, 75.3291, 35.2482)
Luminance	0.7533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE98A #978AE9

analogous

#E9C78A #DCE98A #ACE98A

triadic

#DCE98A #8ADCE9 #E98ADC

tetradic

#DCE98A #8AE9C7 #978AE9 #E98AAC

square

#DCE98A #8AE9C7 #978AE9 #E98AAC

split-complementary

#DCE98A #8AACE9 #C78AE9

monochromatic

#BAD127 #CDDF56 #DCE98A #EBF3BE #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DCE98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#DCE98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE98A

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE98A	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.120 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0ad',
    500: '#dce98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce98a;
$custom-light: #e8f0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.211,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90343,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE98A

secondary

#6454C3

accent

#15D02F

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE98A

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

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