#DCED6D#DCED6D

#DCED6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.154 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED6D
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 109)
HSL	hsl(68, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(68, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -23.13, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 63.49, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0669 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.154 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5608, 76.8889, 26.0104)
Luminance	0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED6D #7E6DED

analogous

#EDBE6D #DCED6D #9CED6D

triadic

#DCED6D #6DDCED #ED6DDC

tetradic

#DCED6D #6DEDBE #7E6DED #ED6D9C

square

#DCED6D #6DEDBE #7E6DED #ED6D9C

split-complementary

#DCED6D #6D9CED #BE6DED

monochromatic

#B0C719 #CFE637 #DCED6D #E9F4A3 #F6FADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCED6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#DCED6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED6D

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED6D	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.154 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f29a',
    500: '#dced6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced6d;
$custom-light: #e9f29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.969,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90811,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED6D

secondary

#4C3AC5

accent

#0BDA27

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED6D

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

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