#DCDC74#DCDC74

#DCDC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.127 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC74
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -14.22, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 52.65, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0409 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.127 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2620, 67.6644, 26.5110)
Luminance	0.6766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC74 #7474DC

analogous

#DCA874 #DCDC74 #A8DC74

triadic

#DCDC74 #74DCDC #DC74DC

tetradic

#DCDC74 #74DCA8 #7474DC #DC74A8

square

#DCDC74 #74DCA8 #7474DC #DC74A8

split-complementary

#DCDC74 #74A8DC #A874DC

monochromatic

#ABAB2B #D0D043 #DCDC74 #E8E8A5 #F5F5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DCDC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC74

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC74	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)

#EAD56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.127 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e69e',
    500: '#dcdc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc74;
$custom-light: #e9e69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87297,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC74

secondary

#4747AD

accent

#1EC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC74

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

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