Palettes / Colors / #DCED45

#DCED45 — Vivid Yellow

#DCED45 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GreenYellow (#ADFF2F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: greenyellow (#ADFF2F) — not an exact match. CSS greenyellow gives you #ADFF2F, a different color; use #DCED45 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DCED45 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #5645ED; it also sits naturally between #EDAA45 and #88ED45. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 93% · Blue 27%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 71% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #DCED45

.text { color: #DCED45; }
.background { background-color: #DCED45; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCED45; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 237, 69); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 82%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCED45; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 237, 69, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCED45; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 237, 69, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCED45">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCED45">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DCED45

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #5645ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DCED45: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCED45

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #DCED45 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DCED45 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCED45?

#DCED45 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 220, 237, 69). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCED45?

#DCED45 is RGB 220, 237, 69 — HSL 66°, 82%, 60% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 71%, 7%.

What colors go with #DCED45?

Its complement is #5645ED; analogous partners are #EDAA45 and #88ED45. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCED45 for text?

Black text on #DCED45 has a contrast ratio of 16.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.29:1.