#DCDC8B#DCDC8B

#DCDC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.103 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC8B
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 139)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.14, -11.89, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.14, 41.56, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0323 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.103 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.7693, 68.2673, 34.4494)
Luminance	0.6827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC8B #8B8BDC

analogous

#DCB38B #DCDC8B #B3DC8B

triadic

#DCDC8B #8BDCDC #DC8BDC

tetradic

#DCDC8B #8BDCB3 #8B8BDC #DC8BB3

square

#DCDC8B #8BDCB3 #8B8BDC #DC8BB3

split-complementary

#DCDC8B #8BB3DC #B38BDC

monochromatic

#B6B637 #CECE5C #DCDC8B #EAEABA #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#DCDC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC8B

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC8B	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)

#E8D685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.103 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6ae',
    500: '#dcdc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc8b;
$custom-light: #e8e6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87635,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC8B

secondary

#5858B3

accent

#24C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC8B

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

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