#DCD34E#DCD34E

#DCD34E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.151 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD34E
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -12.57, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 65.69, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0402 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.151 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1866, 62.3561, 16.3879)
Luminance	0.6235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD34E #4E57DC

analogous

#DC8C4E #DCD34E #9EDC4E

triadic

#DCD34E #4EDCD3 #D34EDC

tetradic

#DCD34E #4EDC8C #4E57DC #DC4E9E

square

#DCD34E #4EDC8C #4E57DC #DC4E9E

split-complementary

#DCD34E #4E9EDC #8C4EDC

monochromatic

#938B1D #C6BC27 #DCD34E #E6E081 #F0ECB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DCD34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD34E

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD34E	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)

#E4CC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.151 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae086',
    500: '#dcd34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd34e;
$custom-light: #eae086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.197,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85001,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD34E

secondary

#373D97

accent

#49EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD34E

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

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