#DCDC5E#DCDC5E

#DCDC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.147 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC5E
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -16.01, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 62.55, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0483 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.148 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.1304, 67.2117, 20.5512)
Luminance	0.6721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC5E #5E5EDC

analogous

#DC9D5E #DCDC5E #9DDC5E

triadic

#DCDC5E #5EDCDC #DC5EDC

tetradic

#DCDC5E #5EDC9D #5E5EDC #DC5E9D

square

#DCDC5E #5EDC9D #5E5EDC #DC5E9D

split-complementary

#DCDC5E #5E9DDC #9D5EDC

monochromatic

#9D9D22 #D0D02D #DCDC5E #E7E790 #F2F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DCDC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC5E

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC5E	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)

#ECD450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.147 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae690',
    500: '#dcdc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc5e;
$custom-light: #eae690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87042,
    "c": 0.1475,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC5E

secondary

#3D3DA1

accent

#19CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC5E

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

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