#DCD14D#DCD14D

#DCD14D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.150 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD14D
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -11.63, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 65.37, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0377 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.15 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6573, 61.3544, 16.0359)
Luminance	0.6135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD14D #4D58DC

analogous

#DC8A4D #DCD14D #9FDC4D

triadic

#DCD14D #4DDCD1 #D14DDC

tetradic

#DCD14D #4DDC8A #4D58DC #DC4D9F

square

#DCD14D #4DDC8A #4D58DC #DC4D9F

split-complementary

#DCD14D #4D9FDC #8A4DDC

monochromatic

#92891D #C5B927 #DCD14D #E6DE80 #F0EBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#DCD14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD14D

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD14D	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.150 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade85',
    500: '#dcd14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd14d;
$custom-light: #eade85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84574,
    "c": 0.15001,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD14D

secondary

#363E97

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD14D

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

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