#DCD34D#DCD34D

#DCD34D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.152 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD34D
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -12.63, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 66.09, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0405 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.152 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1510, 62.3419, 16.2005)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD34D #4D56DC

analogous

#DC8B4D #DCD34D #9DDC4D

triadic

#DCD34D #4DDCD3 #D34DDC

tetradic

#DCD34D #4DDC8B #4D56DC #DC4D9D

square

#DCD34D #4DDC8B #4D56DC #DC4D9D

split-complementary

#DCD34D #4D9DDC #8B4DDC

monochromatic

#928B1D #C5BB27 #DCD34D #E6E080 #F0ECB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DCD34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD34D

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD34D	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.152 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae085',
    500: '#dcd34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd34d;
$custom-light: #eae085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84992,
    "c": 0.15186,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD34D

secondary

#363C97

accent

#49EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD34D

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

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