#DCDC8F#DCDC8F

#DCDC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.098 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC8F
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 143)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -11.44, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 39.58, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.0308 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.098 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.0669, 68.3863, 36.0169)
Luminance	0.6838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC8F #8F8FDC

analogous

#DCB58F #DCDC8F #B5DC8F

triadic

#DCDC8F #8FDCDC #DC8FDC

tetradic

#DCDC8F #8FDCB5 #8F8FDC #DC8FB5

square

#DCDC8F #8FDCB5 #8F8FDC #DC8FB5

split-complementary

#DCDC8F #8FB5DC #B58FDC

monochromatic

#B7B739 #CDCD60 #DCDC8F #EBEBBE #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DCDC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC8F

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC8F	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.098 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6b0',
    500: '#dcdc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc8f;
$custom-light: #e8e6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87701,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC8F

secondary

#5C5CB3

accent

#26C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC8F

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

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