#DCDC8D#DCDC8D

#DCDC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.100 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC8D
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 141)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -11.67, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 40.57, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0315 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.1 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.9168, 68.3263, 35.2261)
Luminance	0.6833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC8D #8D8DDC

analogous

#DCB48D #DCDC8D #B4DC8D

triadic

#DCDC8D #8DDCDC #DC8DDC

tetradic

#DCDC8D #8DDCB4 #8D8DDC #DC8DB4

square

#DCDC8D #8DDCB4 #8D8DDC #DC8DB4

split-complementary

#DCDC8D #8DB4DC #B48DDC

monochromatic

#B7B738 #CECE5E #DCDC8D #EAEABC #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DCDC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC8D

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC8D	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.100 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6af',
    500: '#dcdc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc8d;
$custom-light: #e8e6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87668,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC8D

secondary

#5A5AB3

accent

#25C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC8D

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

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