#DCED72#DCED72

#DCED72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.149 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED72
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 114)
HSL	hsl(68, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -22.71, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 61.30, 111.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.87% -0.0652 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(90.87% 0.149 116)
XYZ	xyz(62.8376, 76.9997, 27.4685)
Luminance	0.7700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED72 #8372ED

analogous

#EDC172 #DCED72 #9FED72

triadic

#DCED72 #72DCED #ED72DC

tetradic

#DCED72 #72EDC1 #8372ED #ED729F

square

#DCED72 #72EDC1 #8372ED #ED729F

split-complementary

#DCED72 #729FED #C172ED

monochromatic

#B2CB1A #CFE63C #DCED72 #E9F4A8 #F7FBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCED72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#DCED72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED72

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED72	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)

#FBE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.149 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f29e',
    500: '#dced72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced72;
$custom-light: #e9f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.293,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90869,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.76999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED72

secondary

#503EC6

accent

#0CDA28

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED72

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

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