#DCDC59#DCDC59

#DCDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.152 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC59
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -16.36, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 64.66, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0498 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.152 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9133, 67.1249, 19.4076)
Luminance	0.6712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC59 #5959DC

analogous

#DC9A59 #DCDC59 #9ADC59

triadic

#DCDC59 #59DCDC #DC59DC

tetradic

#DCDC59 #59DC9A #5959DC #DC599A

square

#DCDC59 #59DC9A #5959DC #DC599A

split-complementary

#DCDC59 #599ADC #9A59DC

monochromatic

#9A9A20 #CDCD2B #DCDC59 #E7E78C #F1F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DCDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC59

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC59	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)

#ECD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.152 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68d',
    500: '#dcdc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc59;
$custom-light: #eae68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86993,
    "c": 0.15159,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC59

secondary

#3B3B9E

accent

#18CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →