#DCD044#DCD044

#DCD044 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.155 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD044
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -11.61, 67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 68.49, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0386 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.155 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1166, 60.7468, 14.3951)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD044 #4450DC

analogous

#DC8444 #DCD044 #9CDC44

triadic

#DCD044 #44DCD0 #D044DC

tetradic

#DCD044 #44DC84 #4450DC #DC449C

square

#DCD044 #44DC84 #4450DC #DC449C

split-complementary

#DCD044 #449CDC #8444DC

monochromatic

#8B831A #BFB324 #DCD044 #E6DD78 #EFEAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DCD044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#DCD044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD044

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD044	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)

#E2C92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.155 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde80',
    500: '#dcd044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd044;
$custom-light: #ebde80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84294,
    "c": 0.1553,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD044

secondary

#333B91

accent

#4AEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD044

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

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