#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
RGBrgb(220, 208, 73)
HSLhsl(55, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(55, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(82.28, -11.35, 65.62)
CIE-LCHlch(82.28, 66.59, 99.81°)
OKLaboklab(84.33% -0.0373 0.1473)
OKLCHoklch(84.33% 0.152 104.2)
XYZxyz(53.2758, 60.8105, 15.2333)
Luminance0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DCD0491.001.6013.1613.16
#FFFFFF1.601.0021.0021.00
#00000013.1621.001.001.00
##00000013.1621.001.001.00

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

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#DCD049 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva