#DCED8D#DCED8D

#DCED8D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.122 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED8D
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 141)
HSL	hsl(71, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(71, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 40.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -20.05, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 48.88, 114.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0555 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.122 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6075, 77.7076, 36.7896)
Luminance	0.7771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED8D #9E8DED

analogous

#EDCE8D #DCED8D #ACED8D

triadic

#DCED8D #8DDCED #ED8DDC

tetradic

#DCED8D #8DEDCE #9E8DED #ED8DAC

square

#DCED8D #8DEDCE #9E8DED #ED8DAC

split-complementary

#DCED8D #8DACED #CE8DED

monochromatic

#BCDC23 #CCE558 #DCED8D #ECF5C2 #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DCED8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#DCED8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED8D

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED8D	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.122 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2b0',
    500: '#dced8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced8d;
$custom-light: #e8f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.625,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91234,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED8D

secondary

#6A56C8

accent

#11D533

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161710

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED8D

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

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