#DCE99B#DCE99B

#DCE99B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.101 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE99B
RGB	rgb(220, 233, 155)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(70, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 33.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -16.47, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 40.07, 114.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0445 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.101 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.5705, 75.8605, 42.2449)
Luminance	0.7586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE99B #A89BE9

analogous

#E9CF9B #DCE99B #B5E99B

triadic

#DCE99B #9BDCE9 #E99BDC

tetradic

#DCE99B #9BE9CF #A89BE9 #E99BB5

square

#DCE99B #9BE9CF #A89BE9 #E99BB5

split-complementary

#DCE99B #9BB5E9 #CF9BE9

monochromatic

#B9D337 #CADE69 #DCE99B #EEF4CD #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DCE99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#DCE99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE99B

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE99B	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)

#F3E196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 233, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.101 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7f0b9',
    500: '#dce99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce99b;
$custom-light: #e7f0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90621,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE99B

secondary

#7464C4

accent

#1ACC37

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE99B

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

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