#DCD273#DCD273

#DCD273 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.118 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD273
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -9.29, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 48.88, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0269 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.118 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6577, 62.5483, 25.3575)
Luminance	0.6255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD273 #737DDC

analogous

#DC9D73 #DCD273 #B1DC73

triadic

#DCD273 #73DCD2 #D273DC

tetradic

#DCD273 #73DC9D #737DDC #DC73B1

square

#DCD273 #73DC9D #737DDC #DC73B1

split-complementary

#DCD273 #73B1DC #9D73DC

monochromatic

#AA9E2B #D0C242 #DCD273 #E8E2A4 #F4F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DCD273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD273

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD273	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.118 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df9d',
    500: '#dcd273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd273;
$custom-light: #e9df9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85199,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD273

secondary

#4750AD

accent

#2EC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD273

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

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