#DCDC44#DCDC44

#DCDC44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.167 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC44
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -17.58, 70.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 72.78, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0554 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.167 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1538, 66.8211, 15.4075)
Luminance	0.6682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC44 #4444DC

analogous

#DC9044 #DCDC44 #90DC44

triadic

#DCDC44 #44DCDC #DC44DC

tetradic

#DCDC44 #44DC90 #4444DC #DC4490

square

#DCDC44 #44DC90 #4444DC #DC4490

split-complementary

#DCDC44 #4490DC #9044DC

monochromatic

#8B8B1A #BFBF24 #DCDC44 #E6E678 #EFEFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DCDC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC44

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC44	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)

#EDD32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.167 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae681',
    500: '#dcdc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc44;
$custom-light: #eae681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86821,
    "c": 0.16651,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC44

secondary

#333391

accent

#3CEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC44

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

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