#DCDC81#DCDC81

#DCDC81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.114 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC81
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 129)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -12.96, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 46.45, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0362 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.114 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0718, 67.9883, 30.7759)
Luminance	0.6799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC81 #8181DC

analogous

#DCAE81 #DCDC81 #AEDC81

triadic

#DCDC81 #81DCDC #DC81DC

tetradic

#DCDC81 #81DCAE #8181DC #DC81AE

square

#DCDC81 #81DCAE #8181DC #DC81AE

split-complementary

#DCDC81 #81AEDC #AE81DC

monochromatic

#B1B131 #CFCF51 #DCDC81 #E9E9B1 #F7F7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDC81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#DCDC81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC81

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC81	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D57A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.114 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6a7',
    500: '#dcdc81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc81;
$custom-light: #e8e6a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87479,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC81

secondary

#4F4FB3

accent

#21C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC81

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

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