#DCDC7D#DCDC7D

#DCDC7D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.118 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC7D
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 125)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -13.37, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 48.38, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0377 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.118 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.8111, 67.8840, 29.4029)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC7D #7D7DDC

analogous

#DCAC7D #DCDC7D #ACDC7D

triadic

#DCDC7D #7DDCDC #DC7DDC

tetradic

#DCDC7D #7DDCAC #7D7DDC #DC7DAC

square

#DCDC7D #7DDCAC #7D7DDC #DC7DAC

split-complementary

#DCDC7D #7DACDC #AC7DDC

monochromatic

#AFAF2F #CFCF4D #DCDC7D #E9E9AD #F6F6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDC7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#DCDC7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC7D

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC7D	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.118 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6a4',
    500: '#dcdc7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc7d;
$custom-light: #e8e6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8742,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC7D

secondary

#4C4CB2

accent

#20C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC7D

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

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