#DCE990#DCE990

#DCE990 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.113 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE990
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 144)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(69, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 38.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.63, -17.77, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.63, 45.43, 113.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.44% -0.0488 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(90.44% 0.113 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.6885, 75.5077, 37.5995)
Luminance	0.7551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE990 #9D90E9

analogous

#E9CA90 #DCE990 #B0E990

triadic

#DCE990 #90DCE9 #E990DC

tetradic

#DCE990 #90E9CA #9D90E9 #E990B0

square

#DCE990 #90E9CA #9D90E9 #E990B0

split-complementary

#DCE990 #90B0E9 #CA90E9

monochromatic

#BCD42A #CCDF5D #DCE990 #ECF3C3 #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DCE990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#DCE990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE990

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE990	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.113 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0b1',
    500: '#dce990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce990;
$custom-light: #e8f0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.764,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90437,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE990

secondary

#695AC3

accent

#17CF32

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE990

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

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