#DCED5C#DCED5C

#DCED5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; 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	#DCED5C
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 92)
HSL	hsl(67, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.12, -24.40, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.12, 70.58, 110.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.0721 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.168 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.7325, 76.5576, 21.6482)
Luminance	0.7656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED5C #6D5CED

analogous

#EDB55C #DCED5C #94ED5C

triadic

#DCED5C #5CDCED #ED5CDC

tetradic

#DCED5C #5CEDB5 #6D5CED #ED5C94

square

#DCED5C #5CEDB5 #6D5CED #ED5C94

split-complementary

#DCED5C #5C94ED #B55CED

monochromatic

#A7BA15 #D0E725 #DCED5C #E8F393 #F4F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DCED5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#DCED5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED5C

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED5C	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)

#FDE24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.168 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf290',
    500: '#dced5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced5c;
$custom-light: #eaf290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.034,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9064,
    "c": 0.16766,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED5C

secondary

#4434B9

accent

#09DC22

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED5C

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

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