#DCD174#DCD174

#DCD174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.116 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD174
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -8.69, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 48.00, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.0251 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.116 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4695, 62.0793, 25.5802)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD174 #747FDC

analogous

#DC9D74 #DCD174 #B3DC74

triadic

#DCD174 #74DCD1 #D174DC

tetradic

#DCD174 #74DC9D #747FDC #DC74B3

square

#DCD174 #74DC9D #747FDC #DC74B3

split-complementary

#DCD174 #74B3DC #9D74DC

monochromatic

#AB9D2B #D0C143 #DCD174 #E8E1A5 #F5F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#DCD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD174

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD174	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.116 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9e',
    500: '#dcd174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd174;
$custom-light: #e9de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85005,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD174

secondary

#4752AD

accent

#30C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD174

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

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