#DCDC72#DCDC72

#DCDC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.129 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC72
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -14.40, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 53.59, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0416 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.129 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1469, 67.6183, 25.9049)
Luminance	0.6762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC72 #7272DC

analogous

#DCA772 #DCDC72 #A7DC72

triadic

#DCDC72 #72DCDC #DC72DC

tetradic

#DCDC72 #72DCA7 #7272DC #DC72A7

square

#DCDC72 #72DCA7 #7272DC #DC72A7

split-complementary

#DCDC72 #72A7DC #A772DC

monochromatic

#AAAA2A #D0D041 #DCDC72 #E8E8A3 #F4F4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DCDC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC72

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC72	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.129 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e69d',
    500: '#dcdc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc72;
$custom-light: #e9e69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87271,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC72

secondary

#4646AC

accent

#1EC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC72

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

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