#DCD254#DCD254

#DCD254 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.146 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD254
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 84)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 61.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -11.70, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 62.87, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0371 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.146 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1640, 61.9508, 17.4904)
Luminance	0.6195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD254 #545EDC

analogous

#DC8E54 #DCD254 #A2DC54

triadic

#DCD254 #54DCD2 #D254DC

tetradic

#DCD254 #54DC8E #545EDC #DC54A2

square

#DCD254 #54DC8E #545EDC #DC54A2

split-complementary

#DCD254 #54A2DC #8E54DC

monochromatic

#978E1F #CABE29 #DCD254 #E6DF87 #F1EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#DCD254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD254

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD254	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.146 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf89',
    500: '#dcd254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd254;
$custom-light: #eadf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 66.019,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84845,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD254

secondary

#39409B

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD254

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

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