#DCDD74#DCDD74

#DCDD74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.128 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD74
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 116)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -14.72, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 53.09, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0424 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.128 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.5253, 68.1908, 26.5988)
Luminance	0.6819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD74 #7574DD

analogous

#DDA974 #DCDD74 #A7DD74

triadic

#DCDD74 #74DCDD #DD74DC

tetradic

#DCDD74 #74DDA9 #7574DD #DD74A7

square

#DCDD74 #74DDA9 #7574DD #DD74A7

split-complementary

#DCDD74 #74A7DD #A974DD

monochromatic

#ABAC2A #D0D143 #DCDD74 #E8E9A5 #F5F5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DCDD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD74

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD74	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.128 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e79e',
    500: '#dcdd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd74;
$custom-light: #e9e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87507,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD74

secondary

#4847AF

accent

#1DC81F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD74

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

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