#DCDC8A#DCDC8A

#DCDC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.104 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC8A
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -12.00, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 42.05, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0327 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.104 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.6966, 68.2382, 34.0664)
Luminance	0.6824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC8A #8A8ADC

analogous

#DCB38A #DCDC8A #B3DC8A

triadic

#DCDC8A #8ADCDC #DC8ADC

tetradic

#DCDC8A #8ADCB3 #8A8ADC #DC8AB3

square

#DCDC8A #8ADCB3 #8A8ADC #DC8AB3

split-complementary

#DCDC8A #8AB3DC #B38ADC

monochromatic

#B5B536 #CECE5B #DCDC8A #EAEAB9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#DCDC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC8A

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC8A	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.104 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6ad',
    500: '#dcdc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc8a;
$custom-light: #e8e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87618,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC8A

secondary

#5757B3

accent

#24C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC8A

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

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