#DCD14F#DCD14F

#DCD14F 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 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD14F
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -11.51, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 64.57, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0371 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.149 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7290, 61.3831, 16.4135)
Luminance	0.6138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD14F #4F5ADC

analogous

#DC8A4F #DCD14F #A0DC4F

triadic

#DCD14F #4FDCD1 #D14FDC

tetradic

#DCD14F #4FDC8A #4F5ADC #DC4FA0

square

#DCD14F #4FDC8A #4F5ADC #DC4FA0

split-complementary

#DCD14F #4FA0DC #8A4FDC

monochromatic

#938A1D #C6BA27 #DCD14F #E6DE82 #F0ECB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#DCD14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD14F

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD14F	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.149 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade86',
    500: '#dcd14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd14f;
$custom-light: #eade86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84591,
    "c": 0.14854,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD14F

secondary

#373F98

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD14F

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

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