#DCF099#DCF099

#DCF099 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.113 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF099
RGB	rgb(220, 240, 153)
HSL	hsl(74, 74%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(74, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 36.3%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.61, -20.13, 39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.61, 44.69, 116.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.06% -0.0549 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(92.06% 0.113 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4250, 79.8360, 42.0413)
Luminance	0.7984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF099 #AD99F0

analogous

#F0D999 #DCF099 #B1F099

triadic

#DCF099 #99DCF0 #F099DC

tetradic

#DCF099 #99F0D9 #AD99F0 #F099B1

square

#DCF099 #99F0D9 #AD99F0 #F099B1

split-complementary

#DCF099 #99B1F0 #D999F0

monochromatic

#B7E02E #CAE864 #DCF099 #EEF8CE #F6FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DCF099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#DCF099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF099

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF099	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 240, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.113 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f5b8',
    500: '#dcf099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf099;
$custom-light: #e8f5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.793,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9206,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF099

secondary

#7960CD

accent

#0FD63D

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF099

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

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