#DCD050#DCD050

#DCD050 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.147 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD050
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -10.95, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 63.80, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0354 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.147 104)
XYZ	xyz(53.5211, 60.9086, 16.5252)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD050 #505CDC

analogous

#DC8A50 #DCD050 #A2DC50

triadic

#DCD050 #50DCD0 #D050DC

tetradic

#DCD050 #50DC8A #505CDC #DC50A2

square

#DCD050 #50DC8A #505CDC #DC50A2

split-complementary

#DCD050 #50A2DC #8A50DC

monochromatic

#948A1E #C7B928 #DCD050 #E6DE83 #F0EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DCD050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD050

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD050	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)

#E1C940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.147 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade87',
    500: '#dcd050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd050;
$custom-light: #eade87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84391,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.60907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD050

secondary

#384099

accent

#4DEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD050

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

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