#DCD144#DCD144

#DCD144 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.156 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD144
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -12.12, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 68.83, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.04 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.156 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3612, 61.2360, 14.4766)
Luminance	0.6123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD144 #444FDC

analogous

#DC8544 #DCD144 #9BDC44

triadic

#DCD144 #44DCD1 #D144DC

tetradic

#DCD144 #44DC85 #444FDC #DC449B

square

#DCD144 #44DC85 #444FDC #DC449B

split-complementary

#DCD144 #449BDC #8544DC

monochromatic

#8B831A #BFB424 #DCD144 #E6DE78 #EFEAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#DCD144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD144

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD144	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.156 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde80',
    500: '#dcd144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd144;
$custom-light: #ebde80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.658,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84503,
    "c": 0.15619,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD144

secondary

#333A91

accent

#49EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD144

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

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