#DCDD61#DCDD61

#DCDD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.146 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD61
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -16.28, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 61.67, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0487 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.146 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5309, 67.7931, 21.3617)
Luminance	0.6779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD61 #6261DD

analogous

#DDA061 #DCDD61 #9EDD61

triadic

#DCDD61 #61DCDD #DD61DC

tetradic

#DCDD61 #61DDA0 #6261DD #DD619E

square

#DCDD61 #61DDA0 #6261DD #DD619E

split-complementary

#DCDD61 #619EDD #A061DD

monochromatic

#A0A123 #D1D22F #DCDD61 #E7E893 #F2F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DCDD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD61

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD61	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.146 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e792',
    500: '#dcdd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd61;
$custom-light: #e9e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87284,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD61

secondary

#3F3EA4

accent

#19CC1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD61

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

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