#DCED9D#DCED9D

#DCED9D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.104 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCED9D
RGB	rgb(220, 237, 157)
HSL	hsl(73, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(73, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 33.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.88, -18.18, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.88, 41.18, 116.20°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0492 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.104 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.8851, 78.2187, 43.5186)
Luminance	0.7822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCED9D #AE9DED

analogous

#EDD69D #DCED9D #B4ED9D

triadic

#DCED9D #9DDCED #ED9DDC

tetradic

#DCED9D #9DEDD6 #AE9DED #ED9DB4

square

#DCED9D #9DEDD6 #AE9DED #ED9DB4

split-complementary

#DCED9D #9DB4ED #D69DED

monochromatic

#B7DA36 #CAE469 #DCED9D #EEF6D1 #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#DCED9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#DCED9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCED9D

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCED9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCED9D	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dced9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 237, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.104 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7f2ba',
    500: '#dced9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dced9d;
$custom-light: #e7f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dced9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.75,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91496,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCED9D

secondary

#7A65C9

accent

#15D13D

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCED9D

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

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