#DCD14E#DCD14E

#DCD14E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.149 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD14E
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -11.57, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 64.97, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0374 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.149 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6928, 61.3686, 16.2233)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD14E #4E59DC

analogous

#DC8A4E #DCD14E #A0DC4E

triadic

#DCD14E #4EDCD1 #D14EDC

tetradic

#DCD14E #4EDC8A #4E59DC #DC4EA0

square

#DCD14E #4EDC8A #4E59DC #DC4EA0

split-complementary

#DCD14E #4EA0DC #8A4EDC

monochromatic

#93891D #C6B927 #DCD14E #E6DE81 #F0ECB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#DCD14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD14E

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD14E	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)

#E3CA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.149 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade86',
    500: '#dcd14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd14e;
$custom-light: #eade86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84582,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD14E

secondary

#373E97

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD14E

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

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