#DCDC50#DCDC50

#DCDC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.158 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC50
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -16.93, 66.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 68.30, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% -0.0523 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.158 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5582, 66.9828, 17.5375)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC50 #5050DC

analogous

#DC9650 #DCDC50 #96DC50

triadic

#DCDC50 #50DCDC #DC50DC

tetradic

#DCDC50 #50DC96 #5050DC #DC5096

square

#DCDC50 #50DC96 #5050DC #DC5096

split-complementary

#DCDC50 #5096DC #9650DC

monochromatic

#94941E #C7C728 #DCDC50 #E6E683 #F0F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DCDC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC50

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC50	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.158 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae688',
    500: '#dcdc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc50;
$custom-light: #eae688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86913,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC50

secondary

#383899

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC50

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

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