#DCDD73#DCDD73

#DCDD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.129 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD73
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, -14.81, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 53.56, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0427 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.129 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.4674, 68.1677, 26.2941)
Luminance	0.6817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD73 #7473DD

analogous

#DDA973 #DCDD73 #A7DD73

triadic

#DCDD73 #73DCDD #DD73DC

tetradic

#DCDD73 #73DDA9 #7473DD #DD73A7

square

#DCDD73 #73DDA9 #7473DD #DD73A7

split-complementary

#DCDD73 #73A7DD #A973DD

monochromatic

#ABAC2A #D0D142 #DCDD73 #E8E9A4 #F5F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#DCDD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD73

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD73	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)

#ECD56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.129 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e79e',
    500: '#dcdd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd73;
$custom-light: #e9e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.566,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87494,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD73

secondary

#4746AE

accent

#1DC91F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD73

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

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