#dcdc00

Color #dcdc00

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 15.72 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#dcdc00

RGB

rgb(220, 220, 0)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 100%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(85.2, -19.28, 84.51)

LCH

lch(85.2, 86.68, 102.85)

OKLCH

oklch(86.6%, 0.1887, 109.76)

HWB

hwb(60, 0%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0000dc

Analogous

#dc6e00

#dcdc00

#6edc00

Triadic

#dcdc00

#00dcdc

#dc00dc

Split-complementary

#dcdc00

#006edc

#6e00dc

Tetradic

#dcdc00

#00dc00

#0000dc

#dc00dc

Square

#dcdc00

#00dc6e

#0000dc

#dc006e

Shades

Color #dcdc00 mixed toward black.

#b7b700

#939300

#6e6e00

#494900

#252500

Tints

Color #dcdc00 mixed toward white.

#ffff0d

#ffff3e

#ffff6e

#ffff9e

#ffffcf

Tones

Color #dcdc00 mixed toward gray.

#c9c912

#b7b725

#a5a537

#939349

#80805c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dcdc74 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#dcdc80 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#dc979e · ΔE 49

Achromatopsia

#d5d5d5 · ΔE 29.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcdc00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcdc00]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dcdc00 (#dcdc00) is rgb(220, 220, 0) in RGB.

No, #dcdc00 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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