#DCF997#DCF997

#DCF997 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.127 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF997
RGB	rgb(220, 249, 151)
HSL	hsl(78, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(78, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 39.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.97, -24.69, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.97, 50.38, 119.34°)
OKLab	oklab(93.94% -0.0679 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(93.94% 0.127 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.9766, 85.2013, 42.0838)
Luminance	0.8520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF997 #B497F9

analogous

#F9E597 #DCF997 #ABF997

triadic

#DCF997 #97DCF9 #F997DC

tetradic

#DCF997 #97F9E5 #B497F9 #F997AB

square

#DCF997 #97F9E5 #B497F9 #F997AB

split-complementary

#DCF997 #97ABF9 #E597F9

monochromatic

#B5F223 #C9F65D #DCF997 #EFFCD1 #F5FDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DCF997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.04

#DCF997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF997

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF997	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)

#FFEE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3F0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 249, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.127 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8fbb7',
    500: '#dcf997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf997;
$custom-light: #e8fbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.755,
    "s": 89.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93936,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.85201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF997

secondary

#805BD9

accent

#00E644

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF997

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

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