#DCDC55#DCDC55

#DCDC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.155 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC55
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -16.62, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 66.31, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0509 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.155 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7499, 67.0595, 18.5469)
Luminance	0.6706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC55 #5555DC

analogous

#DC9955 #DCDC55 #99DC55

triadic

#DCDC55 #55DCDC #DC55DC

tetradic

#DCDC55 #55DC99 #5555DC #DC5599

square

#DCDC55 #55DC99 #5555DC #DC5599

split-complementary

#DCDC55 #5599DC #9955DC

monochromatic

#97971F #CACA2A #DCDC55 #E6E688 #F1F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DCDC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC55

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC55	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)

#EDD344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.155 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68b',
    500: '#dcdc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc55;
$custom-light: #eae68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86956,
    "c": 0.15472,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC55

secondary

#39399C

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC55

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

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