#DCDC61#DCDC61

#DCDC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.145 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC61
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -15.79, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 61.26, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0474 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.145 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.2676, 67.2666, 21.2740)
Luminance	0.6726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC61 #6161DC

analogous

#DC9F61 #DCDC61 #9FDC61

triadic

#DCDC61 #61DCDC #DC61DC

tetradic

#DCDC61 #61DC9F #6161DC #DC619F

square

#DCDC61 #61DC9F #6161DC #DC619F

split-complementary

#DCDC61 #619FDC #9F61DC

monochromatic

#9F9F23 #D1D12F #DCDC61 #E7E793 #F2F2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DCDC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC61

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC61	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)

#ECD454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.145 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e692',
    500: '#dcdc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc61;
$custom-light: #e9e692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87073,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC61

secondary

#3E3EA3

accent

#1ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC61

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

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