#DCD36D#DCD36D

#DCD36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.125 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD36D
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -10.33, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 52.13, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0305 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.125 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5713, 62.9100, 23.6806)
Luminance	0.6291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD36D #6D76DC

analogous

#DC9C6D #DCD36D #AEDC6D

triadic

#DCD36D #6DDCD3 #D36DDC

tetradic

#DCD36D #6DDC9C #6D76DC #DC6DAE

square

#DCD36D #6DDC9C #6D76DC #DC6DAE

split-complementary

#DCD36D #6DAEDC #9C6DDC

monochromatic

#A79C28 #D0C43C #DCD36D #E8E29E #F4F1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#DCD36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD36D

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD36D	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)

#E2CD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.125 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e099',
    500: '#dcd36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd36d;
$custom-light: #e9e099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85327,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD36D

secondary

#444CAA

accent

#2AC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD36D

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

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