#DCE996#DCE996

#DCE996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.107 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE996
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(69, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -17.07, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 42.52, 113.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.54% -0.0464 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(90.54% 0.107 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.1593, 75.6960, 40.0791)
Luminance	0.7570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE996 #A396E9

analogous

#E9CD96 #DCE996 #B2E996

triadic

#DCE996 #96DCE9 #E996DC

tetradic

#DCE996 #96E9CD #A396E9 #E996B2

square

#DCE996 #96E9CD #A396E9 #E996B2

split-complementary

#DCE996 #96B2E9 #CD96E9

monochromatic

#BAD431 #CBDE63 #DCE996 #EDF4C9 #F7FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DCE996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#DCE996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE996

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE996	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.107 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0b6',
    500: '#dce996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce996;
$custom-light: #e8f0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.398,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90535,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE996

secondary

#6F60C4

accent

#18CD35

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE996

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

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