#DCE99A#DCE99A

#DCE99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.102 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE99A
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 154)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(70, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 33.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -16.59, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 40.56, 114.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0449 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.102 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.4869, 75.8271, 41.8045)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE99A #A79AE9

analogous

#E9CE9A #DCE99A #B4E99A

triadic

#DCE99A #9ADCE9 #E99ADC

tetradic

#DCE99A #9AE9CE #A79AE9 #E99AB4

square

#DCE99A #9AE9CE #A79AE9 #E99AB4

split-complementary

#DCE99A #9AB4E9 #CE9AE9

monochromatic

#B9D335 #CBDE68 #DCE99A #EDF4CC #F6FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DCE99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#DCE99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE99A

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE99A	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.102 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f0b8',
    500: '#dce99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce99a;
$custom-light: #e8f0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.873,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90604,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE99A

secondary

#7363C4

accent

#19CC37

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE99A

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

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