#DCDC5D#DCDC5D

#DCDC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.148 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC5D
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -16.08, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 62.98, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.0486 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.148 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.0858, 67.1939, 20.3164)
Luminance	0.6719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC5D #5D5DDC

analogous

#DC9D5D #DCDC5D #9DDC5D

triadic

#DCDC5D #5DDCDC #DC5DDC

tetradic

#DCDC5D #5DDC9D #5D5DDC #DC5D9D

square

#DCDC5D #5DDC9D #5D5DDC #DC5D9D

split-complementary

#DCDC5D #5D9DDC #9D5DDC

monochromatic

#9D9D22 #CFCF2D #DCDC5D #E7E78F #F2F2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DCDC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC5D

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC5D	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.148 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae690',
    500: '#dcdc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc5d;
$custom-light: #eae690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87032,
    "c": 0.14833,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC5D

secondary

#3D3DA1

accent

#19CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC5D

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

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