#DCED73#DCED73

#DCED73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.148 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED73
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 115)
HSL	hsl(68, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 51.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.33, -22.62, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.33, 60.86, 111.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0649 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.148 116)
XYZ	xyz(62.8948, 77.0226, 27.7699)
Luminance	0.7702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED73 #8473ED

analogous

#EDC173 #DCED73 #9FED73

triadic

#DCED73 #73DCED #ED73DC

tetradic

#DCED73 #73EDC1 #8473ED #ED739F

square

#DCED73 #73EDC1 #8473ED #ED739F

split-complementary

#DCED73 #739FED #C173ED

monochromatic

#B3CB1A #CEE63D #DCED73 #EAF4A9 #F7FBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCED73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#DCED73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED73

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED73	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)

#FBE367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.148 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f29e',
    500: '#dced73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced73;
$custom-light: #e9f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.361,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90881,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.77022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED73

secondary

#513FC6

accent

#0CD929

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED73

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

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