#DCD274#DCD274

#DCD274 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.117 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD274
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -9.20, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 48.41, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0266 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.117 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7156, 62.5715, 25.6622)
Luminance	0.6257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD274 #747EDC

analogous

#DC9E74 #DCD274 #B2DC74

triadic

#DCD274 #74DCD2 #D274DC

tetradic

#DCD274 #74DC9E #747EDC #DC74B2

square

#DCD274 #74DC9E #747EDC #DC74B2

split-complementary

#DCD274 #74B2DC #9E74DC

monochromatic

#AB9E2B #D0C243 #DCD274 #E8E2A5 #F5F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DCD274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD274

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD274	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)

#E1CC6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.117 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df9e',
    500: '#dcd274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd274;
$custom-light: #e9df9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85212,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD274

secondary

#4751AD

accent

#2EC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD274

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

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