#DCED78#DCED78

#DCED78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.143 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED78
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 120)
HSL	hsl(69, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -22.17, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 58.62, 112.23°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0632 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.143 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.1904, 77.1408, 29.3265)
Luminance	0.7714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED78 #8978ED

analogous

#EDC478 #DCED78 #A1ED78

triadic

#DCED78 #78DCED #ED78DC

tetradic

#DCED78 #78EDC4 #8978ED #ED78A1

square

#DCED78 #78EDC4 #8978ED #ED78A1

split-complementary

#DCED78 #78A1ED #C478ED

monochromatic

#B5CF1C #CEE642 #DCED78 #EAF4AE #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCED78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#DCED78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED78

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED78	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.143 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a2',
    500: '#dced78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced78;
$custom-light: #e9f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.718,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90942,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED78

secondary

#5643C6

accent

#0DD92A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED78

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

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