#DCDC85#DCDC85

#DCDC85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.109 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC85
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 133)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -12.54, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 44.51, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0346 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.109 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3429, 68.0967, 32.2036)
Luminance	0.6810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC85 #8585DC

analogous

#DCB185 #DCDC85 #B1DC85

triadic

#DCDC85 #85DCDC #DC85DC

tetradic

#DCDC85 #85DCB1 #8585DC #DC85B1

square

#DCDC85 #85DCB1 #8585DC #DC85B1

split-complementary

#DCDC85 #85B1DC #B185DC

monochromatic

#B3B333 #CECE55 #DCDC85 #EAEAB5 #F7F7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#DCDC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC85

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC85	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.109 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6aa',
    500: '#dcdc85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc85;
$custom-light: #e8e6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87539,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC85

secondary

#5252B3

accent

#23C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC85

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

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