#DCDD52#DCDD52

#DCDD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.158 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD52
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -17.30, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 67.91, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0532 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.158 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8964, 67.5393, 18.0203)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD52 #5352DD

analogous

#DD9952 #DCDD52 #96DD52

triadic

#DCDD52 #52DCDD #DD52DC

tetradic

#DCDD52 #52DD99 #5352DD #DD5296

square

#DCDD52 #52DD99 #5352DD #DD5296

split-complementary

#DCDD52 #5296DD #9952DD

monochromatic

#96971E #C9CA28 #DCDD52 #E6E785 #F1F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#DCDD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD52

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD52	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.158 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae789',
    500: '#dcdd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd52;
$custom-light: #eae789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87141,
    "c": 0.158,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD52

secondary

#39389B

accent

#3EEA3F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD52

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

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