#DCDC66#DCDC66

#DCDC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; 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	#DCDC66
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 102)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -15.41, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 59.05, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0457 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.141 109)
XYZ	xyz(57.5082, 67.3628, 22.5407)
Luminance	0.6736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC66 #6666DC

analogous

#DCA166 #DCDC66 #A1DC66

triadic

#DCDC66 #66DCDC #DC66DC

tetradic

#DCDC66 #66DCA1 #6666DC #DC66A1

square

#DCDC66 #66DCA1 #6666DC #DC66A1

split-complementary

#DCDC66 #66A1DC #A166DC

monochromatic

#A2A225 #D1D134 #DCDC66 #E7E798 #F3F3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DCDC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC66

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC66	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)

#ECD45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.141 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e695',
    500: '#dcdc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc66;
$custom-light: #e9e695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87127,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.67361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC66

secondary

#4141A6

accent

#1BCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC66

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

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