#DCED97#DCED97

#DCED97 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.111 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED97
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 151)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(72, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -18.91, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 44.09, 115.40°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0516 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.111 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.3854, 78.0188, 40.8867)
Luminance	0.7802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED97 #A897ED

analogous

#EDD397 #DCED97 #B1ED97

triadic

#DCED97 #97DCED #ED97DC

tetradic

#DCED97 #97EDD3 #A897ED #ED97B1

square

#DCED97 #97EDD3 #A897ED #ED97B1

split-complementary

#DCED97 #97B1ED #D397ED

monochromatic

#B9DB2F #CAE463 #DCED97 #EEF6CB #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#DCED97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#DCED97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED97

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED97	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	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)

#F8E491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.111 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2b6',
    500: '#dced97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced97;
$custom-light: #e8f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.86,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91394,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED97

secondary

#745FC9

accent

#13D339

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED97

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

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