#DCD150#DCD150

#DCD150 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.148 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD150
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -11.45, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 64.16, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0368 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.148 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7656, 61.3977, 16.6067)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD150 #505BDC

analogous

#DC8B50 #DCD150 #A1DC50

triadic

#DCD150 #50DCD1 #D150DC

tetradic

#DCD150 #50DC8B #505BDC #DC50A1

square

#DCD150 #50DC8B #505BDC #DC50A1

split-complementary

#DCD150 #50A1DC #8B50DC

monochromatic

#948B1E #C7BA28 #DCD150 #E6DE83 #F0ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#DCD150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD150

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD150	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)

#E2CA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.148 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade87',
    500: '#dcd150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd150;
$custom-light: #eade87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84599,
    "c": 0.14779,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD150

secondary

#383F99

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD150

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

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