#DCED5A#DCED5A

#DCED5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.169 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED5A
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 90)
HSL	hsl(67, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.10, -24.53, 67.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.10, 71.37, 110.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0727 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.169 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6462, 76.5231, 21.1938)
Luminance	0.7652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED5A #6B5AED

analogous

#EDB55A #DCED5A #93ED5A

triadic

#DCED5A #5ADCED #ED5ADC

tetradic

#DCED5A #5AEDB5 #6B5AED #ED5A93

square

#DCED5A #5AEDB5 #6B5AED #ED5A93

split-complementary

#DCED5A #5A93ED #B55AED

monochromatic

#A5B814 #D0E723 #DCED5A #E8F391 #F3F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DCED5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#DCED5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED5A

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED5A	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)

#FDE248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.169 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf28f',
    500: '#dced5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced5a;
$custom-light: #eaf28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.939,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90622,
    "c": 0.16918,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED5A

secondary

#4333B8

accent

#09DD21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED5A

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

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