#DCED71#DCED71

#DCED71 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.150 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED71
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 113)
HSL	hsl(68, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 52.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -22.79, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 61.74, 111.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0656 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.15 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.7810, 76.9770, 27.1703)
Luminance	0.7698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED71 #8271ED

analogous

#EDC071 #DCED71 #9EED71

triadic

#DCED71 #71DCED #ED71DC

tetradic

#DCED71 #71EDC0 #8271ED #ED719E

square

#DCED71 #71EDC0 #8271ED #ED719E

split-complementary

#DCED71 #719EED #C071ED

monochromatic

#B2CA1A #CFE63B #DCED71 #E9F4A7 #F7FBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCED71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#DCED71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED71

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED71	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.150 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f29d',
    500: '#dced71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced71;
$custom-light: #e9f29d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.226,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90857,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED71

secondary

#503DC5

accent

#0CDA28

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED71

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

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