#DCE995#DCE995

#DCE995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.108 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE995
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(69, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 36.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.70, -17.19, 39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.70, 43.00, 113.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0468 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.108 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.0791, 75.6640, 39.6568)
Luminance	0.7566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE995 #A295E9

analogous

#E9CC95 #DCE995 #B2E995

triadic

#DCE995 #95DCE9 #E995DC

tetradic

#DCE995 #95E9CC #A295E9 #E995B2

square

#DCE995 #95E9CC #A295E9 #E995B2

split-complementary

#DCE995 #95B2E9 #CC95E9

monochromatic

#BBD430 #CBDE62 #DCE995 #EDF4C8 #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DCE995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#DCE995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE995

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE995	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.108 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0b5',
    500: '#dce995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce995;
$custom-light: #e8f0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.286,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90518,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE995

secondary

#6E5FC4

accent

#18CD34

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE995

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

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