#DCD04D#DCD04D

#DCD04D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.149 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD04D
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -11.12, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 65.01, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0362 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.149 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4127, 60.8652, 15.9544)
Luminance	0.6086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD04D #4D59DC

analogous

#DC884D #DCD04D #A0DC4D

triadic

#DCD04D #4DDCD0 #D04DDC

tetradic

#DCD04D #4DDC88 #4D59DC #DC4DA0

square

#DCD04D #4DDC88 #4D59DC #DC4DA0

split-complementary

#DCD04D #4DA0DC #884DDC

monochromatic

#92881D #C5B827 #DCD04D #E6DE80 #F0EBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#DCD04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD04D

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD04D	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.149 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade85',
    500: '#dcd04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd04d;
$custom-light: #eade85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84365,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD04D

secondary

#363E97

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD04D

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

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