#DCDD57#DCDD57

#DCDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.154 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD57
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -16.98, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 65.89, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0518 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.154 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0937, 67.6182, 19.0591)
Luminance	0.6762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD57 #5857DD

analogous

#DD9B57 #DCDD57 #99DD57

triadic

#DCDD57 #57DCDD #DD57DC

tetradic

#DCDD57 #57DD9B #5857DD #DD5799

square

#DCDD57 #57DD9B #5857DD #DD5799

split-complementary

#DCDD57 #5799DD #9B57DD

monochromatic

#999A1F #CCCD2A #DCDD57 #E7E78A #F1F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DCDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD57

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD57	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)

#EDD447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.154 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae78c',
    500: '#dcdd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd57;
$custom-light: #eae78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87186,
    "c": 0.1542,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD57

secondary

#3B3A9E

accent

#17CE19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD57

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

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