#DCDD5B#DCDD5B

#DCDD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.151 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD5B
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -16.71, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 64.23, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0506 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.151 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2616, 67.6854, 19.9437)
Luminance	0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD5B #5C5BDD

analogous

#DD9D5B #DCDD5B #9BDD5B

triadic

#DCDD5B #5BDCDD #DD5BDC

tetradic

#DCDD5B #5BDD9D #5C5BDD #DD5B9B

square

#DCDD5B #5BDD9D #5C5BDD #DD5B9B

split-complementary

#DCDD5B #5B9BDD #9D5BDD

monochromatic

#9C9D21 #CED02B #DCDD5B #E7E88E #F2F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DCDD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD5B

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD5B	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.151 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae78e',
    500: '#dcdd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd5b;
$custom-light: #eae78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87223,
    "c": 0.15102,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD5B

secondary

#3C3BA1

accent

#18CE19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD5B

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

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