#DCF996#DCF996

#DCF996 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.128 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF996
RGB	rgb(220, 249, 150)
HSL	hsl(78, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(78, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.96, -24.80, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.96, 50.85, 119.19°)
OKLab	oklab(93.92% -0.0683 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(93.92% 0.128 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.8958, 85.1689, 41.6579)
Luminance	0.8517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF996 #B396F9

analogous

#F9E496 #DCF996 #AAF996

triadic

#DCF996 #96DCF9 #F996DC

tetradic

#DCF996 #96F9E4 #B396F9 #F996AA

square

#DCF996 #96F9E4 #B396F9 #F996AA

split-complementary

#DCF996 #96AAF9 #E496F9

monochromatic

#B5F222 #C9F65C #DCF996 #EFFCD0 #F5FDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DCF996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.03

#DCF996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF996

18.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF996	1.00	1.16	18.03	18.03
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3F0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 249, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.128 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8fbb6',
    500: '#dcf996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf996;
$custom-light: #e8fbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.576,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93921,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF996

secondary

#7F5AD9

accent

#00E643

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF996

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

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