#DCED59#DCED59

#DCED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.170 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED59
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.09, -24.59, 67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.09, 71.77, 110.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.073 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.17 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6039, 76.5062, 20.9712)
Luminance	0.7651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED59 #6A59ED

analogous

#EDB459 #DCED59 #92ED59

triadic

#DCED59 #59DCED #ED59DC

tetradic

#DCED59 #59EDB4 #6A59ED #ED5992

square

#DCED59 #59EDB4 #6A59ED #ED5992

split-complementary

#DCED59 #5992ED #B459ED

monochromatic

#A5B814 #D0E722 #DCED59 #E8F390 #F3F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DCED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#DCED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED59

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED59	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.170 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf28e',
    500: '#dced59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced59;
$custom-light: #eaf28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.892,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90613,
    "c": 0.16993,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED59

secondary

#4233B7

accent

#09DD21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED59

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

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