#DCD36F#DCD36F

#DCD36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.123 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD36F
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 111)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 49.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -10.16, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 51.19, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0298 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.123 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6802, 62.9536, 24.2541)
Luminance	0.6295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD36F #6F78DC

analogous

#DC9D6F #DCD36F #AEDC6F

triadic

#DCD36F #6FDCD3 #D36FDC

tetradic

#DCD36F #6FDC9D #6F78DC #DC6FAE

square

#DCD36F #6FDC9D #6F78DC #DC6FAE

split-complementary

#DCD36F #6FAEDC #9D6FDC

monochromatic

#A89D29 #D0C43E #DCD36F #E8E2A0 #F4F1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DCD36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD36F

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD36F	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)

#E2CD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.123 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e09b',
    500: '#dcd36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd36f;
$custom-light: #e9e09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85353,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD36F

secondary

#454DAB

accent

#2BC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD36F

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

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