#DCD371#DCD371

#DCD371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.121 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD371
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 113)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -9.98, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 50.24, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.0291 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.121 104)
XYZ	xyz(55.7915, 62.9981, 24.8405)
Luminance	0.6300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD371 #717ADC

analogous

#DC9D71 #DCD371 #B0DC71

triadic

#DCD371 #71DCD3 #D371DC

tetradic

#DCD371 #71DC9D #717ADC #DC71B0

square

#DCD371 #71DC9D #717ADC #DC71B0

split-complementary

#DCD371 #71B0DC #9D71DC

monochromatic

#A99E2A #D0C440 #DCD371 #E8E2A2 #F4F1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#DCD371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD371

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD371	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.121 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e09c',
    500: '#dcd371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd371;
$custom-light: #e9e09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85379,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.62996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD371

secondary

#464EAC

accent

#2CC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD371

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

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