#DCDC5B#DCDC5B

#DCDC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.150 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC5B
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -16.22, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 63.82, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0492 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.15 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9984, 67.1589, 19.8560)
Luminance	0.6716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC5B #5B5BDC

analogous

#DC9B5B #DCDC5B #9BDC5B

triadic

#DCDC5B #5BDCDC #DC5BDC

tetradic

#DCDC5B #5BDC9B #5B5BDC #DC5B9B

square

#DCDC5B #5BDC9B #5B5BDC #DC5B9B

split-complementary

#DCDC5B #5B9BDC #9B5BDC

monochromatic

#9B9B21 #CECE2C #DCDC5B #E7E78D #F2F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DCDC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC5B

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC5B	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)

#ECD44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.150 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68e',
    500: '#dcdc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc5b;
$custom-light: #eae68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87012,
    "c": 0.14998,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC5B

secondary

#3C3C9F

accent

#19CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC5B

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

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