#DCDD99#DCDD99

#DCDD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.088 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD99
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -10.74, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 35.05, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0282 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.088 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.1217, 69.2294, 40.2736)
Luminance	0.6923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD99 #9A99DD

analogous

#DDBC99 #DCDD99 #BADD99

triadic

#DCDD99 #99DCDD #DD99DC

tetradic

#DCDD99 #99DDBC #9A99DD #DD99BA

square

#DCDD99 #99DDBC #9A99DD #DD99BA

split-complementary

#DCDD99 #99BADD #BC99DD

monochromatic

#BBBD3F #CCCE6B #DCDD99 #ECECC7 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCDD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#DCDD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD99

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD99	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.088 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e7b7',
    500: '#dcdd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd99;
$custom-light: #e7e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88085,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD99

secondary

#6665B5

accent

#28BD2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD99

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

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