#DCDC99#DCDC99

#DCDC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.086 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC99
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -10.24, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 34.57, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0268 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.086 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.8585, 68.7030, 40.1858)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC99 #9999DC

analogous

#DCBA99 #DCDC99 #BADC99

triadic

#DCDC99 #99DCDC #DC99DC

tetradic

#DCDC99 #99DCBA #9999DC #DC99BA

square

#DCDC99 #99DCBA #9999DC #DC99BA

split-complementary

#DCDC99 #99BADC #BA99DC

monochromatic

#BBBB40 #CCCC6B #DCDC99 #ECECC7 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCDC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#DCDC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC99

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC99	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.086 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6b7',
    500: '#dcdc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc99;
$custom-light: #e7e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87878,
    "c": 0.08646,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC99

secondary

#6565B4

accent

#29BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC99

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

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