#DCED79#DCED79

#DCED79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.142 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED79
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 121)
HSL	hsl(69, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -22.08, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 58.17, 112.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0628 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.142 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.2514, 77.1652, 29.6477)
Luminance	0.7716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED79 #8A79ED

analogous

#EDC479 #DCED79 #A2ED79

triadic

#DCED79 #79DCED #ED79DC

tetradic

#DCED79 #79EDC4 #8A79ED #ED79A2

square

#DCED79 #79EDC4 #8A79ED #ED79A2

split-complementary

#DCED79 #79A2ED #C479ED

monochromatic

#B5D01C #CEE643 #DCED79 #EAF4AF #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCED79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#DCED79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED79

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED79	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)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.142 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a2',
    500: '#dced79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced79;
$custom-light: #e9f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.793,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90954,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED79

secondary

#5744C6

accent

#0DD92B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED79

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

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