#DCDC7E#DCDC7E

#DCDC7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.117 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC7E
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 126)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -13.27, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 47.90, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.0373 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.117 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.8753, 67.9097, 29.7411)
Luminance	0.6791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC7E #7E7EDC

analogous

#DCAD7E #DCDC7E #ADDC7E

triadic

#DCDC7E #7EDCDC #DC7EDC

tetradic

#DCDC7E #7EDCAD #7E7EDC #DC7EAD

square

#DCDC7E #7EDCAD #7E7EDC #DC7EAD

split-complementary

#DCDC7E #7EADDC #AD7EDC

monochromatic

#B0B030 #CFCF4E #DCDC7E #E9E9AE #F6F6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDC7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#DCDC7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC7E

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC7E	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)

#EAD576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.117 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6a5',
    500: '#dcdc7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc7e;
$custom-light: #e8e6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87434,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC7E

secondary

#4C4CB2

accent

#21C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC7E

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

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