#DCDC73#DCDC73

#DCDC73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.128 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC73
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -14.31, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 53.12, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0413 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.128 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2042, 67.6412, 26.2063)
Luminance	0.6764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC73 #7373DC

analogous

#DCA773 #DCDC73 #A7DC73

triadic

#DCDC73 #73DCDC #DC73DC

tetradic

#DCDC73 #73DCA7 #7373DC #DC73A7

square

#DCDC73 #73DCA7 #7373DC #DC73A7

split-complementary

#DCDC73 #73A7DC #A773DC

monochromatic

#AAAA2B #D0D042 #DCDC73 #E8E8A4 #F4F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DCDC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC73

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC73	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.128 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e69e',
    500: '#dcdc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc73;
$custom-light: #e9e69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87284,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC73

secondary

#4747AD

accent

#1EC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC73

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

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