#DCDD44#DCDD44

#DCDD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.167 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD44
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -18.07, 70.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 73.16, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.0567 0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.167 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4170, 67.3475, 15.4952)
Luminance	0.6735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD44 #4544DD

analogous

#DD9244 #DCDD44 #90DD44

triadic

#DCDD44 #44DCDD #DD44DC

tetradic

#DCDD44 #44DD92 #4544DD #DD4490

square

#DCDD44 #44DD92 #4544DD #DD4490

split-complementary

#DCDD44 #4490DD #9244DD

monochromatic

#8C8D1A #C0C123 #DCDD44 #E6E678 #EFF0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DCDD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD44

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD44	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.167 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae781',
    500: '#dcdd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd44;
$custom-light: #eae781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87033,
    "c": 0.16749,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD44

secondary

#333392

accent

#3CEC3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD44

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

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