#DCED74#DCED74

#DCED74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.147 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED74
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 116)
HSL	hsl(68, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -22.53, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 60.41, 111.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0646 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.147 116)
XYZ	xyz(62.9527, 77.0457, 28.0746)
Luminance	0.7704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED74 #8574ED

analogous

#EDC274 #DCED74 #A0ED74

triadic

#DCED74 #74DCED #ED74DC

tetradic

#DCED74 #74EDC2 #8574ED #ED74A0

square

#DCED74 #74EDC2 #8574ED #ED74A0

split-complementary

#DCED74 #74A0ED #C274ED

monochromatic

#B3CC1A #CEE63E #DCED74 #EAF4AA #F7FBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCED74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#DCED74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED74

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED74	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.147 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f29f',
    500: '#dced74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced74;
$custom-light: #e9f29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.43,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90893,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.77045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED74

secondary

#523FC6

accent

#0CD929

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED74

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

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