#DCDD3E#DCDD3E

#DCDD3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.171 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD3E
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -18.35, 72.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 75.20, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0581 0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.171 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2432, 67.2780, 14.5797)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD3E #3F3EDD

analogous

#DD8E3E #DCDD3E #8DDD3E

triadic

#DCDD3E #3EDCDD #DD3EDC

tetradic

#DCDD3E #3EDD8E #3F3EDD #DD3E8D

square

#DCDD3E #3EDD8E #3F3EDD #DD3E8D

split-complementary

#DCDD3E #3E8DDD #8E3EDD

monochromatic

#888918 #BCBD21 #DCDD3E #E5E672 #EFEFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DCDD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD3E

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD3E	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.171 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe77e',
    500: '#dcdd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd3e;
$custom-light: #ebe77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.377,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86994,
    "c": 0.17103,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD3E

secondary

#31318E

accent

#3BED3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD3E

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

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