#DCDC4A#DCDC4A

#DCDC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.163 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC4A
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -17.27, 68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 70.60, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0539 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.163 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.3463, 66.8981, 16.4217)
Luminance	0.6690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC4A #4A4ADC

analogous

#DC934A #DCDC4A #93DC4A

triadic

#DCDC4A #4ADCDC #DC4ADC

tetradic

#DCDC4A #4ADC93 #4A4ADC #DC4A93

square

#DCDC4A #4ADC93 #4A4ADC #DC4A93

split-complementary

#DCDC4A #4A93DC #934ADC

monochromatic

#90901C #C3C326 #DCDC4A #E6E67D #F0F0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DCDC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC4A

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC4A	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.163 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae684',
    500: '#dcdc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc4a;
$custom-light: #eae684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86865,
    "c": 0.16263,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC4A

secondary

#353595

accent

#3DEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC4A

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

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