#DCED3E#DCED3E

#DCED3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.187 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED3E
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 62)
HSL	hsl(66, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 73.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -26.05, 76.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 81.25, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0795 0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.187 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6706, 76.1329, 16.0556)
Luminance	0.7613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED3E #4F3EED

analogous

#EDA73E #DCED3E #84ED3E

triadic

#DCED3E #3EDCED #ED3EDC

tetradic

#DCED3E #3EEDA7 #4F3EED #ED3E84

square

#DCED3E #3EEDA7 #4F3EED #ED3E84

split-complementary

#DCED3E #3E84ED #A73EED

monochromatic

#93A20F #C6DA14 #DCED3E #E6F276 #F0F7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DCED3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#DCED3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED3E

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED3E	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.187 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf280',
    500: '#dced3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced3e;
$custom-light: #ebf280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.829,
    "s": 82.938,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90419,
    "c": 0.18712,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED3E

secondary

#372BA4

accent

#2FF942

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FEFEF2

border

#D6D6CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED3E

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

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