#DCED99#DCED99

#DCED99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.109 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED99
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 153)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(72, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.82, -18.67, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.82, 43.12, 115.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.0508 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.109 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.5492, 78.0843, 41.7494)
Luminance	0.7808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED99 #AA99ED

analogous

#EDD499 #DCED99 #B2ED99

triadic

#DCED99 #99DCED #ED99DC

tetradic

#DCED99 #99EDD4 #AA99ED #ED99B2

square

#DCED99 #99EDD4 #AA99ED #ED99B2

split-complementary

#DCED99 #99B2ED #D499ED

monochromatic

#B8DB31 #CAE465 #DCED99 #EEF6CD #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#DCED99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#DCED99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED99

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED99	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.109 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2b8',
    500: '#dced99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced99;
$custom-light: #e8f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91427,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED99

secondary

#7661C9

accent

#14D23A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED99

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

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