#DCD074#DCD074

#DCD074 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.115 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD074
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -8.19, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 47.60, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0236 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.115 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2249, 61.5901, 25.4986)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD074 #7480DC

analogous

#DC9C74 #DCD074 #B4DC74

triadic

#DCD074 #74DCD0 #D074DC

tetradic

#DCD074 #74DC9C #7480DC #DC74B4

square

#DCD074 #74DC9C #7480DC #DC74B4

split-complementary

#DCD074 #74B4DC #9C74DC

monochromatic

#AB9C2B #D0BF43 #DCD074 #E8E1A5 #F5F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#DCD074 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD074

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD074	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.115 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9e',
    500: '#dcd074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd074;
$custom-light: #e9de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84799,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD074

secondary

#4753AD

accent

#32C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD074

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

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