#DCDC38#DCDC38

#DCDC38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.173 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC38
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -18.11, 74.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 76.75, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0579 0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.173 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8243, 66.6893, 13.6723)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC38 #3838DC

analogous

#DC8A38 #DCDC38 #8ADC38

triadic

#DCDC38 #38DCDC #DC38DC

tetradic

#DCDC38 #38DC8A #3838DC #DC388A

square

#DCDC38 #38DC8A #3838DC #DC388A

split-complementary

#DCDC38 #388ADC #8A38DC

monochromatic

#838317 #B7B720 #DCDC38 #E5E56C #EEEEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DCDC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC38

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC38	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED30E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.173 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe67b',
    500: '#dcdc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc38;
$custom-light: #ebe67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86747,
    "c": 0.1733,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC38

secondary

#2F2F89

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC38

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

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