#DCF99D#DCF99D

#DCF99D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.121 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCF99D
RGB	rgb(220, 249, 157)
HSL	hsl(79, 88%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(79, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 36.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.06, -23.97, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.06, 47.57, 120.26°)
OKLab	oklab(94.03% -0.0656 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(94.03% 0.121 123)
XYZ	xyz(69.4764, 85.4012, 44.7156)
Luminance	0.8540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCF99D #BA9DF9

analogous

#F9E89D #DCF99D #AEF99D

triadic

#DCF99D #9DDCF9 #F99DDC

tetradic

#DCF99D #9DF9E8 #BA9DF9 #F99DAE

square

#DCF99D #9DF9E8 #BA9DF9 #F99DAE

split-complementary

#DCF99D #9DAEF9 #E89DF9

monochromatic

#B3F22A #C7F563 #DCF99D #F1FDD7 #F5FDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DCF99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.08

#DCF99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCF99D

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCF99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCF99D	1.00	1.16	18.08	18.08
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEEA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3F0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcf99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 249, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.121 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8fbbb',
    500: '#dcf99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcf99d;
$custom-light: #e8fbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcf99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.913,
    "s": 88.462,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94033,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.85401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCF99D

secondary

#8760DA

accent

#00E549

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCF99D

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

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