#DCDC4E#DCDC4E

#DCDC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.160 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC4E
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -17.04, 66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 69.08, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0529 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.16 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4854, 66.9537, 17.1541)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC4E #4E4EDC

analogous

#DC954E #DCDC4E #95DC4E

triadic

#DCDC4E #4EDCDC #DC4EDC

tetradic

#DCDC4E #4EDC95 #4E4EDC #DC4E95

square

#DCDC4E #4EDC95 #4E4EDC #DC4E95

split-complementary

#DCDC4E #4E95DC #954EDC

monochromatic

#93931D #C6C627 #DCDC4E #E6E681 #F0F0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DCDC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC4E

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC4E	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.160 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae687',
    500: '#dcdc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc4e;
$custom-light: #eae687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86896,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC4E

secondary

#373797

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC4E

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

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