#DCF8A0#DCF8A0

#DCF8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.849; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.116 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF8A0
RGB	rgb(220, 248, 160)
HSL	hsl(79, 86%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(79, 35%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 35.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.83, -23.13, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.83, 45.62, 120.46°)
OKLab	oklab(93.87% -0.0631 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(93.87% 0.116 123)
XYZ	xyz(69.4274, 84.8884, 45.9784)
Luminance	0.8489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF8A0 #BCA0F8

analogous

#F8E8A0 #DCF8A0 #B0F8A0

triadic

#DCF8A0 #A0DCF8 #F8A0DC

tetradic

#DCF8A0 #A0F8E8 #BCA0F8 #F8A0B0

square

#DCF8A0 #A0F8E8 #BCA0F8 #F8A0B0

split-complementary

#DCF8A0 #A0B0F8 #E8A0F8

monochromatic

#B2F02E #C7F467 #DCF8A0 #F1FCD9 #F4FDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#DCF8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.98

#DCF8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF8A0

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF8A0	1.00	1.17	17.98	17.98
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEDA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2F0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 248, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.116 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8fabd',
    500: '#dcf8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf8a0;
$custom-light: #e8fabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.091,
    "s": 86.275,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93871,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.84889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF8A0

secondary

#8964D9

accent

#03E34A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF8A0

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

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