#DCDC52#DCDC52

#DCDC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.157 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC52
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -16.80, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 67.51, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0518 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.157 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6332, 67.0128, 17.9325)
Luminance	0.6701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC52 #5252DC

analogous

#DC9752 #DCDC52 #97DC52

triadic

#DCDC52 #52DCDC #DC52DC

tetradic

#DCDC52 #52DC97 #5252DC #DC5297

square

#DCDC52 #52DC97 #5252DC #DC5297

split-complementary

#DCDC52 #5297DC #9752DC

monochromatic

#95951E #C8C829 #DCDC52 #E6E685 #F1F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DCDC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC52

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC52	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)

#EDD340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.157 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae689',
    500: '#dcdc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc52;
$custom-light: #eae689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8693,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC52

secondary

#38389A

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC52

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

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