#DCD36E#DCD36E

#DCD36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.124 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD36E
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -10.25, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 51.66, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0302 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.124 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6254, 62.9317, 23.9657)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD36E #6E77DC

analogous

#DC9C6E #DCD36E #AEDC6E

triadic

#DCD36E #6EDCD3 #D36EDC

tetradic

#DCD36E #6EDC9C #6E77DC #DC6EAE

square

#DCD36E #6EDC9C #6E77DC #DC6EAE

split-complementary

#DCD36E #6EAEDC #9C6EDC

monochromatic

#A79D28 #D0C43D #DCD36E #E8E29F #F4F1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DCD36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD36E

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD36E	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.124 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e09a',
    500: '#dcd36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd36e;
$custom-light: #e9e09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8534,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD36E

secondary

#444CAA

accent

#2BC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD36E

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

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