#DCDC60#DCDC60

#DCDC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.146 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC60
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.63, -15.86, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.63, 61.69, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0477 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.146 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.2213, 67.2481, 21.0300)
Luminance	0.6725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC60 #6060DC

analogous

#DC9E60 #DCDC60 #9EDC60

triadic

#DCDC60 #60DCDC #DC60DC

tetradic

#DCDC60 #60DC9E #6060DC #DC609E

square

#DCDC60 #60DC9E #6060DC #DC609E

split-complementary

#DCDC60 #609EDC #9E60DC

monochromatic

#9F9F23 #D1D12E #DCDC60 #E7E792 #F2F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DCDC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC60

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC60	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)

#ECD453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.146 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e691',
    500: '#dcdc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc60;
$custom-light: #e9e691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87062,
    "c": 0.1458,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC60

secondary

#3E3EA2

accent

#1ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC60

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

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