#DCDC4B#DCDC4B

#DCDC4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.162 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC4B
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -17.21, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 70.23, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0536 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.162 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3803, 66.9117, 16.6006)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC4B #4B4BDC

analogous

#DC934B #DCDC4B #93DC4B

triadic

#DCDC4B #4BDCDC #DC4BDC

tetradic

#DCDC4B #4BDC93 #4B4BDC #DC4B93

square

#DCDC4B #4BDC93 #4B4BDC #DC4B93

split-complementary

#DCDC4B #4B93DC #934BDC

monochromatic

#91911C #C4C426 #DCDC4B #E6E67E #F0F0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DCDC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC4B

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC4B	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)

#EDD336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.162 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae685',
    500: '#dcdc4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc4b;
$custom-light: #eae685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86873,
    "c": 0.16195,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC4B

secondary

#363696

accent

#3DEA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC4B

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

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