#DCED4A#DCED4A

#DCED4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.180 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED4A
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 74)
HSL	hsl(66, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -25.47, 73.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 77.32, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0769 0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.18 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0370, 76.2794, 17.9853)
Luminance	0.7628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED4A #5B4AED

analogous

#EDAD4A #DCED4A #8AED4A

triadic

#DCED4A #4ADCED #ED4ADC

tetradic

#DCED4A #4AEDAD #5B4AED #ED4A8A

square

#DCED4A #4AEDAD #5B4AED #ED4A8A

split-complementary

#DCED4A #4A8AED #AD4AED

monochromatic

#9BAC11 #CEE317 #DCED4A #E7F382 #F2F8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DCED4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#DCED4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED4A

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED4A	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.180 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf286',
    500: '#dced4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced4a;
$custom-light: #eaf286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.258,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90495,
    "c": 0.18022,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED4A

secondary

#3C2FAC

accent

#07DE1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED4A

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

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