#DCDE42#DCDE42

#DCDE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.170 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE42
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -18.65, 71.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 74.22, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0586 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.17 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6218, 67.8531, 15.2675)
Luminance	0.6785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE42 #4442DE

analogous

#DE9242 #DCDE42 #8EDE42

triadic

#DCDE42 #42DCDE #DE42DC

tetradic

#DCDE42 #42DE92 #4442DE #DE428E

square

#DCDE42 #42DE92 #4442DE #DE428E

split-complementary

#DCDE42 #428EDE #9242DE

monochromatic

#8B8D19 #BFC122 #DCDE42 #E6E776 #EFF0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DCDE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE42

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE42	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.170 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe880',
    500: '#dcde42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde42;
$custom-light: #ebe880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87232,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE42

secondary

#333292

accent

#3BED3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE42

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

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