#DCDD79#DCDD79

#DCDD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.123 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD79
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -14.25, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 50.74, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0406 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.123 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8240, 68.3103, 28.1719)
Luminance	0.6831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD79 #7A79DD

analogous

#DDAC79 #DCDD79 #AADD79

triadic

#DCDD79 #79DCDD #DD79DC

tetradic

#DCDD79 #79DDAC #7A79DD #DD79AA

square

#DCDD79 #79DDAC #7A79DD #DD79AA

split-complementary

#DCDD79 #79AADD #AC79DD

monochromatic

#AEAF2C #CFD148 #DCDD79 #E9E9AA #F6F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DCDD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD79

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD79	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.123 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e7a2',
    500: '#dcdd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd79;
$custom-light: #e8e7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87573,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD79

secondary

#4A49B1

accent

#1EC720

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD79

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

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