#DCF8A8#DCF8A8

#DCF8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.107 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF8A8
RGB	rgb(220, 248, 168)
HSL	hsl(81, 85%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(81, 32%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 32.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.96, -22.11, 35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.96, 41.83, 121.91°)
OKLab	oklab(94.01% -0.0599 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(94.01% 0.107 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.1498, 85.1774, 49.7834)
Luminance	0.8518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF8A8 #C4A8F8

analogous

#F8ECA8 #DCF8A8 #B4F8A8

triadic

#DCF8A8 #A8DCF8 #F8A8DC

tetradic

#DCF8A8 #A8F8EC #C4A8F8 #F8A8B4

square

#DCF8A8 #A8F8EC #C4A8F8 #F8A8B4

split-complementary

#DCF8A8 #A8B4F8 #ECA8F8

monochromatic

#AEEF37 #C5F36F #DCF8A8 #F3FDE1 #F4FDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DCF8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.04

#DCF8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF8A8

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF8A8	1.00	1.16	18.04	18.04
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEEA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEDAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1F0E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 248, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.107 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7fac2',
    500: '#dcf8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf8a8;
$custom-light: #e7fac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81,
    "s": 85.106,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94011,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF8A8

secondary

#916BD9

accent

#04E251

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFFF9

border

#D5D7D2

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF8A8

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

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