#DCED5E#DCED5E

#DCED5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.166 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED5E
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 94)
HSL	hsl(67, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.13, -24.26, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.13, 69.78, 110.34°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.0716 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.166 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.8211, 76.5931, 22.1148)
Luminance	0.7659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED5E #6F5EED

analogous

#EDB75E #DCED5E #94ED5E

triadic

#DCED5E #5EDCED #ED5EDC

tetradic

#DCED5E #5EEDB7 #6F5EED #ED5E94

square

#DCED5E #5EEDB7 #6F5EED #ED5E94

split-complementary

#DCED5E #5E94ED #B75EED

monochromatic

#A8BC15 #D0E727 #DCED5E #E8F395 #F4F9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DCED5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#DCED5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED5E

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED5E	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.166 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf291',
    500: '#dced5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced5e;
$custom-light: #eaf291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.133,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90658,
    "c": 0.1661,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED5E

secondary

#4535BA

accent

#09DC22

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED5E

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

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