#DCDC62#DCDC62

#DCDC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.144 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC62
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -15.72, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 60.82, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.047 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.144 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3146, 67.2854, 21.5211)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC62 #6262DC

analogous

#DC9F62 #DCDC62 #9FDC62

triadic

#DCDC62 #62DCDC #DC62DC

tetradic

#DCDC62 #62DC9F #6262DC #DC629F

square

#DCDC62 #62DC9F #6262DC #DC629F

split-complementary

#DCDC62 #629FDC #9F62DC

monochromatic

#A0A024 #D1D130 #DCDC62 #E7E794 #F2F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DCDC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC62

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC62	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.144 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e693',
    500: '#dcdc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc62;
$custom-light: #e9e693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87083,
    "c": 0.14408,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC62

secondary

#3F3FA3

accent

#1ACB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC62

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

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