#DCDD59#DCDD59

#DCDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.153 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD59
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -16.85, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 65.07, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0512 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.153 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.1765, 67.6513, 19.4954)
Luminance	0.6765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD59 #5A59DD

analogous

#DD9C59 #DCDD59 #9ADD59

triadic

#DCDD59 #59DCDD #DD59DC

tetradic

#DCDD59 #59DD9C #5A59DD #DD599A

square

#DCDD59 #59DD9C #5A59DD #DD599A

split-complementary

#DCDD59 #599ADD #9C59DD

monochromatic

#9B9C20 #CDCF2A #DCDD59 #E7E78C #F1F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DCDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD59

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD59	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.153 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae78d',
    500: '#dcdd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd59;
$custom-light: #eae78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87204,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD59

secondary

#3B3BA0

accent

#18CE19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD59

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

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