#DCD270#DCD270

#DCD270 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.121 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD270
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 112)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 49.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -9.56, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 50.31, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.028 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.121 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4879, 62.4804, 24.4631)
Luminance	0.6248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD270 #707ADC

analogous

#DC9C70 #DCD270 #B0DC70

triadic

#DCD270 #70DCD2 #D270DC

tetradic

#DCD270 #70DC9C #707ADC #DC70B0

square

#DCD270 #70DC9C #707ADC #DC70B0

split-complementary

#DCD270 #70B0DC #9C70DC

monochromatic

#A89D29 #D0C33F #DCD270 #E8E1A1 #F4F1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD270 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DCD270 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD270

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD270	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD270	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd270;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.121 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df9b',
    500: '#dcd270',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd270;
$custom-light: #e9df9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd270",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85159,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD270

secondary

#454FAB

accent

#2DC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD270

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

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