#DCDC5F#DCDC5F

#DCDC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.147 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC5F
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 95)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -15.94, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 62.12, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.048 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.147 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.1756, 67.2298, 20.7890)
Luminance	0.6723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC5F #5F5FDC

analogous

#DC9E5F #DCDC5F #9EDC5F

triadic

#DCDC5F #5FDCDC #DC5FDC

tetradic

#DCDC5F #5FDC9E #5F5FDC #DC5F9E

square

#DCDC5F #5FDC9E #5F5FDC #DC5F9E

split-complementary

#DCDC5F #5F9EDC #9E5FDC

monochromatic

#9E9E23 #D0D02E #DCDC5F #E7E791 #F2F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DCDC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC5F

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC5F	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.147 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e691',
    500: '#dcdc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc5f;
$custom-light: #e9e691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87052,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC5F

secondary

#3E3EA2

accent

#1ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC5F

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

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