#DCD242#DCD242

#DCD242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.158 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD242
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -12.72, 68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 69.91, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0419 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.158 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5473, 61.7042, 14.2427)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD242 #424CDC

analogous

#DC8542 #DCD242 #99DC42

triadic

#DCD242 #42DCD2 #D242DC

tetradic

#DCD242 #42DC85 #424CDC #DC4299

square

#DCD242 #42DC85 #424CDC #DC4299

split-complementary

#DCD242 #4299DC #8542DC

monochromatic

#8A831A #BEB423 #DCD242 #E6DE76 #EFEBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DCD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD242

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD242	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.158 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf7f',
    500: '#dcd242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd242;
$custom-light: #ebdf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.104,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84698,
    "c": 0.15836,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD242

secondary

#323890

accent

#48EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD242

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

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