#DCD243#DCD243

#DCD243 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	#DCD243
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -12.67, 68.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 69.55, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0416 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.158 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5771, 61.7161, 14.3993)
Luminance	0.6171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD243 #434DDC

analogous

#DC8643 #DCD243 #9ADC43

triadic

#DCD243 #43DCD2 #D243DC

tetradic

#DCD243 #43DC86 #434DDC #DC439A

square

#DCD243 #43DC86 #434DDC #DC439A

split-complementary

#DCD243 #439ADC #8643DC

monochromatic

#8B831A #BEB423 #DCD243 #E6DE77 #EFEBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DCD243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD243

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD243	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)

#E4CB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.158 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf80',
    500: '#dcd243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd243;
$custom-light: #ebdf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.078,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84705,
    "c": 0.15773,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD243

secondary

#333990

accent

#48EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD243

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

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