#DCDC3B#DCDC3B

#DCDC3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.172 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC3B
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -17.99, 73.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 75.81, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0573 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.172 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8999, 66.7195, 14.0704)
Luminance	0.6672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC3B #3B3BDC

analogous

#DC8C3B #DCDC3B #8CDC3B

triadic

#DCDC3B #3BDCDC #DC3BDC

tetradic

#DCDC3B #3BDC8C #3B3BDC #DC3B8C

square

#DCDC3B #3BDC8C #3B3BDC #DC3B8C

split-complementary

#DCDC3B #3B8CDC #8C3BDC

monochromatic

#858518 #B9B921 #DCDC3B #E5E56F #EFEFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DCDC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC3B

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC3B	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)

#EED317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.172 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe67d',
    500: '#dcdc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc3b;
$custom-light: #ebe67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86764,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC3B

secondary

#30308B

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC3B

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

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