#DCF0A9#DCF0A9

#DCF0A9 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.094 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF0A9
RGB	rgb(220, 240, 169)
HSL	hsl(77, 70%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(77, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 29.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.86, -18.10, 32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.86, 36.95, 119.33°)
OKLab	oklab(92.35% -0.0486 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(92.35% 0.094 121)
XYZ	xyz(67.8362, 80.4005, 49.4735)
Luminance	0.8040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF0A9 #BDA9F0

analogous

#F0E0A9 #DCF0A9 #B9F0A9

triadic

#DCF0A9 #A9DCF0 #F0A9DC

tetradic

#DCF0A9 #A9F0E0 #BDA9F0 #F0A9B9

square

#DCF0A9 #A9F0E0 #BDA9F0 #F0A9B9

split-complementary

#DCF0A9 #A9B9F0 #E0A9F0

monochromatic

#B2DE41 #C7E775 #DCF0A9 #F1F9DD #F4FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#DCF0A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.08

#DCF0A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF0A9

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF0A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF0A9	1.00	1.23	17.08	17.08
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2E9DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf0a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 240, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.094 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7f5c3',
    500: '#dcf0a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf0a9;
$custom-light: #e7f5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf0a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.901,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92345,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF0A9

secondary

#8A6FCE

accent

#13D249

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF0A9

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

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