#DCD04E#DCD04E

#DCD04E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.148 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD04E
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -11.07, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 64.61, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.036 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.148 104)
XYZ	xyz(53.4483, 60.8795, 16.1418)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD04E #4E5ADC

analogous

#DC894E #DCD04E #A1DC4E

triadic

#DCD04E #4EDCD0 #D04EDC

tetradic

#DCD04E #4EDC89 #4E5ADC #DC4EA1

square

#DCD04E #4EDC89 #4E5ADC #DC4EA1

split-complementary

#DCD04E #4EA1DC #894EDC

monochromatic

#93891D #C6B827 #DCD04E #E6DE81 #F0EBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DCD04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD04E

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD04E	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.148 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade86',
    500: '#dcd04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd04e;
$custom-light: #eade86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84373,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.60877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD04E

secondary

#373F97

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD04E

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

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