#DCD252#DCD252

#DCD252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.147 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD252
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -11.83, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 63.70, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.0377 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.147 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0868, 61.9200, 17.0837)
Luminance	0.6192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD252 #525CDC

analogous

#DC8D52 #DCD252 #A1DC52

triadic

#DCD252 #52DCD2 #D252DC

tetradic

#DCD252 #52DC8D #525CDC #DC52A1

square

#DCD252 #52DC8D #525CDC #DC52A1

split-complementary

#DCD252 #52A1DC #8D52DC

monochromatic

#958D1E #C8BD29 #DCD252 #E6DF85 #F1ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#DCD252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD252

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD252	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.147 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf88',
    500: '#dcd252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd252;
$custom-light: #eadf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84826,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD252

secondary

#383F9A

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD252

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

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