#DCDC42#DCDC42

#DCDC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.168 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC42
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -17.67, 71.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 73.48, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0558 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.168 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0938, 66.7971, 15.0915)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC42 #4242DC

analogous

#DC8F42 #DCDC42 #8FDC42

triadic

#DCDC42 #42DCDC #DC42DC

tetradic

#DCDC42 #42DC8F #4242DC #DC428F

square

#DCDC42 #42DC8F #4242DC #DC428F

split-complementary

#DCDC42 #428FDC #8F42DC

monochromatic

#8A8A1A #BEBE23 #DCDC42 #E6E676 #EFEFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DCDC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC42

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC42	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.168 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe680',
    500: '#dcdc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc42;
$custom-light: #ebe680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86808,
    "c": 0.16773,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC42

secondary

#323290

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC42

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

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