#DCD043#DCD043

#DCD043 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.156 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD043
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -11.66, 67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 68.86, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0388 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.156 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0864, 60.7347, 14.2357)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD043 #434FDC

analogous

#DC8443 #DCD043 #9CDC43

triadic

#DCD043 #43DCD0 #D043DC

tetradic

#DCD043 #43DC84 #434FDC #DC439C

square

#DCD043 #43DC84 #434FDC #DC439C

split-complementary

#DCD043 #439CDC #8443DC

monochromatic

#8B821A #BEB223 #DCD043 #E6DD77 #EFEAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DCD043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#DCD043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD043

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD043	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.156 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde80',
    500: '#dcd043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd043;
$custom-light: #ebde80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84286,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD043

secondary

#333A90

accent

#4AEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD043

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

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