#DCD125#DCD125

#DCD125 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.172 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD125
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 83.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -13.29, 77.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 78.30, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0459 0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.172 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.6520, 60.9523, 10.7414)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD125 #2530DC

analogous

#DC7525 #DCD125 #8CDC25

triadic

#DCD125 #25DCD1 #D125DC

tetradic

#DCD125 #25DC75 #2530DC #DC258C

square

#DCD125 #25DC75 #2530DC #DC258C

split-complementary

#DCD125 #258CDC #7525DC

monochromatic

#746E13 #A9A01B #DCD125 #E4DC5A #EDE78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD125 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#DCD125 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD125

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD125	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD125	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd125;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.172 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde72',
    500: '#dcd125',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd125;
$custom-light: #ebde72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd125",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.393,
    "s": 72.332,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84333,
    "c": 0.17175,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD125

secondary

#292E7C

accent

#44EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF1

border

#D6D5CB

text

#171509

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD125

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

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