#DCD373#DCD373

#DCD373 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.119 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD373
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -9.80, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 49.29, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0284 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.119 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9054, 63.0437, 25.4401)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD373 #737CDC

analogous

#DC9E73 #DCD373 #B0DC73

triadic

#DCD373 #73DCD3 #D373DC

tetradic

#DCD373 #73DC9E #737CDC #DC73B0

square

#DCD373 #73DC9E #737CDC #DC73B0

split-complementary

#DCD373 #73B0DC #9E73DC

monochromatic

#AA9F2B #D0C442 #DCD373 #E8E2A4 #F4F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD373 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#DCD373 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD373

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD373	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD373	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd373;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.119 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e09d',
    500: '#dcd373',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd373;
$custom-light: #e9e09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd373",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85406,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD373

secondary

#474FAD

accent

#2CC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD373

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

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