#DCED85#DCED85

#DCED85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.130 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED85
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 133)
HSL	hsl(70, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(70, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 43.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -20.91, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 52.65, 113.40°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0585 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.13 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0336, 77.4781, 33.7672)
Luminance	0.7748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED85 #9685ED

analogous

#EDCA85 #DCED85 #A8ED85

triadic

#DCED85 #85DCED #ED85DC

tetradic

#DCED85 #85EDCA #9685ED #ED85A8

square

#DCED85 #85EDCA #9685ED #ED85A8

split-complementary

#DCED85 #85A8ED #CA85ED

monochromatic

#BAD820 #CDE550 #DCED85 #EBF5BA #F7FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DCED85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#DCED85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED85

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED85	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE37C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.130 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2aa',
    500: '#dced85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced85;
$custom-light: #e8f2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.808,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91116,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED85

secondary

#634FC7

accent

#0FD630

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161710

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED85

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

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