#DCED56#DCED56

#DCED56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.172 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED56
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.07, -24.79, 68.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.07, 72.93, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.0738 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.172 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.4805, 76.4568, 20.3212)
Luminance	0.7646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED56 #6756ED

analogous

#EDB256 #DCED56 #90ED56

triadic

#DCED56 #56DCED #ED56DC

tetradic

#DCED56 #56EDB2 #6756ED #ED5690

square

#DCED56 #56EDB2 #6756ED #ED5690

split-complementary

#DCED56 #5690ED #B256ED

monochromatic

#A3B513 #D1E71F #DCED56 #E7F38D #F3F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DCED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#DCED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED56

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED56	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.172 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf28d',
    500: '#dced56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced56;
$custom-light: #eaf28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.755,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90588,
    "c": 0.17214,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED56

secondary

#4132B5

accent

#08DD20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED56

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

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