#DCED9B#DCED9B

#DCED9B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.106 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED9B
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 155)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(72, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 34.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -18.43, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 42.15, 115.92°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.05 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.106 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.7157, 78.1509, 42.6267)
Luminance	0.7815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED9B #AC9BED

analogous

#EDD59B #DCED9B #B3ED9B

triadic

#DCED9B #9BDCED #ED9BDC

tetradic

#DCED9B #9BEDD5 #AC9BED #ED9BB3

square

#DCED9B #9BEDD5 #AC9BED #ED9BB3

split-complementary

#DCED9B #9BB3ED #D59BED

monochromatic

#B8DA33 #CAE467 #DCED9B #EEF6CF #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#DCED9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#DCED9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED9B

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED9B	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.106 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2b9',
    500: '#dced9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced9b;
$custom-light: #e8f2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.439,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91461,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED9B

secondary

#7863C9

accent

#14D13B

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED9B

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

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