#DCD149#DCD149

#DCD149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.153 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD149
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.54, -11.85, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.54, 66.94, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.0387 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.153 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5204, 61.2996, 15.3148)
Luminance	0.6130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD149 #4954DC

analogous

#DC8749 #DCD149 #9EDC49

triadic

#DCD149 #49DCD1 #D149DC

tetradic

#DCD149 #49DC87 #4954DC #DC499E

square

#DCD149 #49DC87 #4954DC #DC499E

split-complementary

#DCD149 #499EDC #8749DC

monochromatic

#8F861C #C2B725 #DCD149 #E6DE7C #F0EBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#DCD149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD149

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD149	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.153 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade83',
    500: '#dcd149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd149;
$custom-light: #eade83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84541,
    "c": 0.15284,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD149

secondary

#353C94

accent

#4AEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD149

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

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