#DCED86#DCED86

#DCED86 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.129 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED86
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 134)
HSL	hsl(70, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(70, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 43.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -20.80, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 52.18, 113.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.13% -0.0581 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(91.13% 0.129 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.1030, 77.5058, 34.1328)
Luminance	0.7751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED86 #9786ED

analogous

#EDCB86 #DCED86 #A8ED86

triadic

#DCED86 #86DCED #ED86DC

tetradic

#DCED86 #86EDCB #9786ED #ED86A8

square

#DCED86 #86EDCB #9786ED #ED86A8

split-complementary

#DCED86 #86A8ED #CB86ED

monochromatic

#BAD820 #CDE551 #DCED86 #EBF5BB #F7FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DCED86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#DCED86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED86

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED86	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)

#F9E37E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.129 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2ab',
    500: '#dced86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced86;
$custom-light: #e8f2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.903,
    "s": 74.101,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9113,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED86

secondary

#6450C7

accent

#0FD630

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161710

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED86

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

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