#DCDC53#DCDC53

#DCDC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.156 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC53
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -16.74, 64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 67.11, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.0515 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.156 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6715, 67.0282, 18.1344)
Luminance	0.6703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC53 #5353DC

analogous

#DC9853 #DCDC53 #98DC53

triadic

#DCDC53 #53DCDC #DC53DC

tetradic

#DCDC53 #53DC98 #5353DC #DC5398

square

#DCDC53 #53DC98 #5353DC #DC5398

split-complementary

#DCDC53 #5398DC #9853DC

monochromatic

#96961F #C9C929 #DCDC53 #E6E686 #F1F1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DCDC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC53

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC53	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.156 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68a',
    500: '#dcdc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc53;
$custom-light: #eae68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86938,
    "c": 0.15624,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC53

secondary

#39399B

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC53

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

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