#DCDC5A#DCDC5A

#DCDC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.151 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC5A
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -16.29, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 64.24, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0495 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.151 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9555, 67.1418, 19.6303)
Luminance	0.6714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC5A #5A5ADC

analogous

#DC9B5A #DCDC5A #9BDC5A

triadic

#DCDC5A #5ADCDC #DC5ADC

tetradic

#DCDC5A #5ADC9B #5A5ADC #DC5A9B

square

#DCDC5A #5ADC9B #5A5ADC #DC5A9B

split-complementary

#DCDC5A #5A9BDC #9B5ADC

monochromatic

#9B9B21 #CDCD2C #DCDC5A #E7E78C #F1F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DCDC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC5A

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC5A	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.151 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68e',
    500: '#dcdc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc5a;
$custom-light: #eae68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87002,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC5A

secondary

#3B3B9F

accent

#19CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC5A

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

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