#DCED96#DCED96

#DCED96 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.112 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED96
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 150)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(72, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -19.03, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 44.57, 115.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.052 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.112 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.3045, 77.9864, 40.4608)
Luminance	0.7799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED96 #A796ED

analogous

#EDD296 #DCED96 #B0ED96

triadic

#DCED96 #96DCED #ED96DC

tetradic

#DCED96 #96EDD2 #A796ED #ED96B0

square

#DCED96 #96EDD2 #A796ED #ED96B0

split-complementary

#DCED96 #96B0ED #D296ED

monochromatic

#B9DB2E #CBE462 #DCED96 #EDF6CA #F6FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DCED96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#DCED96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED96

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED96	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.112 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2b6',
    500: '#dced96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced96;
$custom-light: #e8f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.724,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91377,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED96

secondary

#735EC9

accent

#13D338

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED96

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

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