#DCDC95#DCDC95

#DCDC95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.091 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC95
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 149)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -10.73, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 36.58, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0284 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.091 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5337, 68.5730, 38.4750)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC95 #9595DC

analogous

#DCB995 #DCDC95 #B9DC95

triadic

#DCDC95 #95DCDC #DC95DC

tetradic

#DCDC95 #95DCB9 #9595DC #DC95B9

square

#DCDC95 #95DCB9 #9595DC #DC95B9

split-complementary

#DCDC95 #95B9DC #B995DC

monochromatic

#B9B93D #CDCD67 #DCDC95 #EBEBC3 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDC95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#DCDC95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC95

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC95	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.091 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6b5',
    500: '#dcdc95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc95;
$custom-light: #e8e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87805,
    "c": 0.0912,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC95

secondary

#6262B4

accent

#28BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC95

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

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