#DCDC78#DCDC78

#DCDC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.123 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC78
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 120)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -13.85, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 50.77, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0395 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.123 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.4997, 67.7594, 27.7629)
Luminance	0.6776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC78 #7878DC

analogous

#DCAA78 #DCDC78 #AADC78

triadic

#DCDC78 #78DCDC #DC78DC

tetradic

#DCDC78 #78DCAA #7878DC #DC78AA

square

#DCDC78 #78DCAA #7878DC #DC78AA

split-complementary

#DCDC78 #78AADC #AA78DC

monochromatic

#ADAD2D #CFCF47 #DCDC78 #E9E9A9 #F5F5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#DCDC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC78

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC78	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.123 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6a1',
    500: '#dcdc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc78;
$custom-light: #e9e6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8735,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC78

secondary

#4949AF

accent

#1FC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC78

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

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