#DCDC57#DCDC57

#DCDC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.153 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC57
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.55, -16.49, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.55, 65.49, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0504 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.153 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.8304, 67.0917, 18.9713)
Luminance	0.6709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC57 #5757DC

analogous

#DC9957 #DCDC57 #99DC57

triadic

#DCDC57 #57DCDC #DC57DC

tetradic

#DCDC57 #57DC99 #5757DC #DC5799

square

#DCDC57 #57DC99 #5757DC #DC5799

split-complementary

#DCDC57 #5799DC #9957DC

monochromatic

#999920 #CBCB2A #DCDC57 #E7E78A #F1F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DCDC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC57

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC57	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.153 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68c',
    500: '#dcdc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc57;
$custom-light: #eae68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86974,
    "c": 0.15317,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC57

secondary

#3A3A9D

accent

#18CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC57

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

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