#DCDD5A#DCDD5A

#DCDD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.152 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD5A
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -16.78, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 64.65, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0509 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.152 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2188, 67.6682, 19.7180)
Luminance	0.6767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD5A #5B5ADD

analogous

#DD9C5A #DCDD5A #9ADD5A

triadic

#DCDD5A #5ADCDD #DD5ADC

tetradic

#DCDD5A #5ADD9C #5B5ADD #DD5A9A

square

#DCDD5A #5ADD9C #5B5ADD #DD5A9A

split-complementary

#DCDD5A #5A9ADD #9C5ADD

monochromatic

#9B9C20 #CECF2B #DCDD5A #E7E78D #F2F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DCDD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD5A

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD5A	1.00	1.44	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.44	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)

#EDD44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.152 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae78e',
    500: '#dcdd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd5a;
$custom-light: #eae78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87214,
    "c": 0.15182,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD5A

secondary

#3C3BA0

accent

#18CE19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD5A

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

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