#DCED8E#DCED8E

#DCED8E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.121 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED8E
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 142)
HSL	hsl(71, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(71, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 40.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -19.94, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 48.40, 114.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0551 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.121 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.6822, 77.7375, 37.1833)
Luminance	0.7774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED8E #9F8EED

analogous

#EDCF8E #DCED8E #ADED8E

triadic

#DCED8E #8EDCED #ED8EDC

tetradic

#DCED8E #8EEDCF #9F8EED #ED8EAD

square

#DCED8E #8EEDCF #9F8EED #ED8EAD

split-complementary

#DCED8E #8EADED #CF8EED

monochromatic

#BBDC24 #CCE559 #DCED8E #ECF5C3 #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DCED8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#DCED8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED8E

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED8E	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.121 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2b0',
    500: '#dced8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced8e;
$custom-light: #e8f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.737,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91249,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED8E

secondary

#6B57C8

accent

#11D534

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED8E

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

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