#DCE991#DCE991

#DCE991 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.112 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE991
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 145)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(69, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 37.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.64, -17.66, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.64, 44.94, 113.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0484 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.112 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7653, 75.5384, 38.0038)
Luminance	0.7554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE991 #9E91E9

analogous

#E9CA91 #DCE991 #B0E991

triadic

#DCE991 #91DCE9 #E991DC

tetradic

#DCE991 #91E9CA #9E91E9 #E991B0

square

#DCE991 #91E9CA #9E91E9 #E991B0

split-complementary

#DCE991 #91B0E9 #CA91E9

monochromatic

#BCD52B #CCDF5E #DCE991 #ECF3C4 #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DCE991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#DCE991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE991

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE991	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.112 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0b2',
    500: '#dce991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce991;
$custom-light: #e8f0b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.864,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90453,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE991

secondary

#6A5BC3

accent

#17CF32

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE991

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

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