#DCED5B#DCED5B

#DCED5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.168 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED5B
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 91)
HSL	hsl(67, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.11, -24.46, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.11, 70.98, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0724 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.168 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6891, 76.5403, 21.4195)
Luminance	0.7654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED5B #6C5BED

analogous

#EDB55B #DCED5B #93ED5B

triadic

#DCED5B #5BDCED #ED5BDC

tetradic

#DCED5B #5BEDB5 #6C5BED #ED5B93

square

#DCED5B #5BEDB5 #6C5BED #ED5B93

split-complementary

#DCED5B #5B93ED #B55BED

monochromatic

#A6B914 #D0E724 #DCED5B #E8F392 #F4F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DCED5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#DCED5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED5B

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED5B	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.168 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf28f',
    500: '#dced5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced5b;
$custom-light: #eaf28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.986,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90631,
    "c": 0.16842,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED5B

secondary

#4334B8

accent

#09DD22

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED5B

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

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