#DCED81#DCED81

#DCED81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.134 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED81
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 129)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(69, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 45.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.49, -21.31, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.49, 54.51, 113.02°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0599 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.134 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7625, 77.3696, 32.3394)
Luminance	0.7737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED81 #9281ED

analogous

#EDC881 #DCED81 #A6ED81

triadic

#DCED81 #81DCED #ED81DC

tetradic

#DCED81 #81EDC8 #9281ED #ED81A6

square

#DCED81 #81EDC8 #9281ED #ED81A6

split-complementary

#DCED81 #81A6ED #C881ED

monochromatic

#B8D51E #CDE54B #DCED81 #EBF5B7 #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DCED81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#DCED81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED81

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED81	1.00	1.27	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.134 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2a7',
    500: '#dced81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced81;
$custom-light: #e8f2a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.444,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9106,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED81

secondary

#5F4BC7

accent

#0ED72E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161710

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED81

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

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