#DCDD55#DCDD55

#DCDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.156 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD55
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -17.11, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 66.71, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0523 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.156 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0131, 67.5860, 18.6347)
Luminance	0.6758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD55 #5655DD

analogous

#DD9A55 #DCDD55 #98DD55

triadic

#DCDD55 #55DCDD #DD55DC

tetradic

#DCDD55 #55DD9A #5655DD #DD5598

square

#DCDD55 #55DD9A #5655DD #DD5598

split-complementary

#DCDD55 #5598DD #9A55DD

monochromatic

#98991F #CBCC29 #DCDD55 #E7E788 #F1F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DCDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD55

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD55	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.156 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae78b',
    500: '#dcdd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd55;
$custom-light: #eae78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87168,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD55

secondary

#3A399D

accent

#3EEA3F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD55

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

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