#DCDC4C#DCDC4C

#DCDC4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.161 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC4C
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 76)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -17.16, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 69.85, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0534 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.161 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4148, 66.9255, 16.7822)
Luminance	0.6692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC4C #4C4CDC

analogous

#DC944C #DCDC4C #94DC4C

triadic

#DCDC4C #4CDCDC #DC4CDC

tetradic

#DCDC4C #4CDC94 #4C4CDC #DC4C94

square

#DCDC4C #4CDC94 #4C4CDC #DC4C94

split-complementary

#DCDC4C #4C94DC #944CDC

monochromatic

#91911C #C4C426 #DCDC4C #E6E67F #F0F0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DCDC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC4C

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC4C	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)

#EDD337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.161 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae686',
    500: '#dcdc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc4c;
$custom-light: #eae686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8688,
    "c": 0.16127,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC4C

secondary

#363696

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC4C

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

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