#DCDD72#DCDD72

#DCDD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.130 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD72
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -14.90, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 54.02, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0431 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.13 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.4102, 68.1448, 25.9927)
Luminance	0.6814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD72 #7372DD

analogous

#DDA872 #DCDD72 #A6DD72

triadic

#DCDD72 #72DCDD #DD72DC

tetradic

#DCDD72 #72DDA8 #7372DD #DD72A6

square

#DCDD72 #72DDA8 #7372DD #DD72A6

split-complementary

#DCDD72 #72A6DD #A872DD

monochromatic

#AAAB29 #D0D141 #DCDD72 #E8E9A3 #F4F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#DCDD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD72

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD72	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.130 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e79d',
    500: '#dcdd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd72;
$custom-light: #e9e79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.561,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87481,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD72

secondary

#4746AE

accent

#1DC91E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD72

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

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