#DCD36C#DCD36C

#DCD36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.126 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD36C
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.38, -10.42, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.38, 52.60, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0309 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.126 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5178, 62.8886, 23.3987)
Luminance	0.6289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD36C #6C75DC

analogous

#DC9B6C #DCD36C #ADDC6C

triadic

#DCD36C #6CDCD3 #D36CDC

tetradic

#DCD36C #6CDC9B #6C75DC #DC6CAD

square

#DCD36C #6CDC9B #6C75DC #DC6CAD

split-complementary

#DCD36C #6CADDC #9B6CDC

monochromatic

#A69C28 #D0C43B #DCD36C #E8E29D #F4F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#DCD36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD36C

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD36C	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.126 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e099',
    500: '#dcd36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd36c;
$custom-light: #e9e099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85315,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD36C

secondary

#434BA9

accent

#2AC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD36C

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

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