#DCF8A9#DCF8A9

#DCF8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.106 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF8A9
RGB	rgb(220, 248, 169)
HSL	hsl(81, 85%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(81, 32%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 31.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.98, -21.98, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.98, 41.35, 122.10°)
OKLab	oklab(94.03% -0.0595 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(94.03% 0.106 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.2433, 85.2148, 50.2759)
Luminance	0.8521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF8A9 #C5A9F8

analogous

#F8EDA9 #DCF8A9 #B5F8A9

triadic

#DCF8A9 #A9DCF8 #F8A9DC

tetradic

#DCF8A9 #A9F8ED #C5A9F8 #F8A9B5

square

#DCF8A9 #A9F8ED #C5A9F8 #F8A9B5

split-complementary

#DCF8A9 #A9B5F8 #EDA9F8

monochromatic

#AEEF38 #C5F370 #DCF8A9 #F3FDE2 #F3FDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DCF8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.04

#DCF8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF8A9

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF8A9	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)

#FFEFA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEDAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1F1E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 248, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.106 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7fac3',
    500: '#dcf8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf8a9;
$custom-light: #e7fac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.266,
    "s": 84.946,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94029,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.85215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF8A9

secondary

#936CDA

accent

#04E153

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFFF9

border

#D5D7D2

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF8A9

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

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