#DCD049#DCD049

#DCD049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.152 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD049
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -11.35, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 66.59, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0373 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.152 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2758, 60.8105, 15.2333)
Luminance	0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD049 #4955DC

analogous

#DC8649 #DCD049 #9FDC49

triadic

#DCD049 #49DCD0 #D049DC

tetradic

#DCD049 #49DC86 #4955DC #DC499F

square

#DCD049 #49DC86 #4955DC #DC499F

split-complementary

#DCD049 #499FDC #8649DC

monochromatic

#8F861C #C2B625 #DCD049 #E6DD7C #F0EBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DCD049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#DCD049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD049

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD049	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.152 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade83',
    500: '#dcd049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd049;
$custom-light: #eade83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84332,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD049

secondary

#353D94

accent

#4BEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD049

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

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