#DCED7E#DCED7E

#DCED7E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.137 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED7E
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 126)
HSL	hsl(69, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(69, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 46.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -21.61, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 55.89, 112.74°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.061 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.137 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.5660, 77.2910, 31.3046)
Luminance	0.7729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED7E #8F7EED

analogous

#EDC67E #DCED7E #A4ED7E

triadic

#DCED7E #7EDCED #ED7EDC

tetradic

#DCED7E #7EEDC6 #8F7EED #ED7EA4

square

#DCED7E #7EEDC6 #8F7EED #ED7EA4

split-complementary

#DCED7E #7EA4ED #C67EED

monochromatic

#B7D31D #CDE648 #DCED7E #EBF4B4 #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DCED7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#DCED7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED7E

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED7E	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.137 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2a5',
    500: '#dced7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced7e;
$custom-light: #e8f2a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.189,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91019,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED7E

secondary

#5C48C7

accent

#0ED82D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED7E

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

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