#DCDC5C#DCDC5C

#DCDC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.149 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC5C
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -16.15, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 63.40, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0489 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.149 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.0418, 67.1763, 20.0847)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC5C #5C5CDC

analogous

#DC9C5C #DCDC5C #9CDC5C

triadic

#DCDC5C #5CDCDC #DC5CDC

tetradic

#DCDC5C #5CDC9C #5C5CDC #DC5C9C

square

#DCDC5C #5CDC9C #5C5CDC #DC5C9C

split-complementary

#DCDC5C #5C9CDC #9C5CDC

monochromatic

#9C9C22 #CECE2C #DCDC5C #E7E78E #F2F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DCDC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC5C

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC5C	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	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)

#ECD44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.149 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68f',
    500: '#dcdc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc5c;
$custom-light: #eae68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87022,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC5C

secondary

#3C3CA0

accent

#19CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC5C

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

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