#DCDC79#DCDC79

#DCDC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.122 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC79
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -13.76, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 50.29, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0391 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.122 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.5607, 67.7838, 28.0842)
Luminance	0.6778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC79 #7979DC

analogous

#DCAB79 #DCDC79 #ABDC79

triadic

#DCDC79 #79DCDC #DC79DC

tetradic

#DCDC79 #79DCAB #7979DC #DC79AB

square

#DCDC79 #79DCAB #7979DC #DC79AB

split-complementary

#DCDC79 #79ABDC #AB79DC

monochromatic

#ADAD2D #CFCF48 #DCDC79 #E9E9AA #F5F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DCDC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC79

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC79	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.122 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6a2',
    500: '#dcdc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc79;
$custom-light: #e8e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87364,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC79

secondary

#4A4AB0

accent

#1FC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC79

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

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