#DCD36B#DCD36B

#DCD36B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.127 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD36B
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 107)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 51.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -10.50, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 53.06, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0312 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.127 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.4649, 62.8674, 23.1200)
Luminance	0.6287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD36B #6B74DC

analogous

#DC9B6B #DCD36B #ADDC6B

triadic

#DCD36B #6BDCD3 #D36BDC

tetradic

#DCD36B #6BDC9B #6B74DC #DC6BAD

square

#DCD36B #6BDC9B #6B74DC #DC6BAD

split-complementary

#DCD36B #6BADDC #9B6BDC

monochromatic

#A59B27 #D0C43A #DCD36B #E8E29C #F3F0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DCD36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD36B

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD36B	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.127 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e098',
    500: '#dcd36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd36b;
$custom-light: #e9e098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85302,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD36B

secondary

#434BA8

accent

#2AC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD36B

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

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