#DCDC65#DCDC65

#DCDC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.141 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC65
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -15.49, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 59.50, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0461 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.141 109)
XYZ	xyz(57.4589, 67.3431, 22.2811)
Luminance	0.6734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC65 #6565DC

analogous

#DCA065 #DCDC65 #A0DC65

triadic

#DCDC65 #65DCDC #DC65DC

tetradic

#DCDC65 #65DCA0 #6565DC #DC65A0

square

#DCDC65 #65DCA0 #6565DC #DC65A0

split-complementary

#DCDC65 #65A0DC #A065DC

monochromatic

#A2A225 #D1D133 #DCDC65 #E7E797 #F3F3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DCDC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC65

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC65	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.141 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e694',
    500: '#dcdc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc65;
$custom-light: #e9e694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87116,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.67342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC65

secondary

#4040A5

accent

#1BCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC65

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

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