#DCD374#DCD374

#DCD374 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.118 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD374
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -9.71, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 48.82, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.028 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.118 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9632, 63.0668, 25.7448)
Luminance	0.6307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD374 #747DDC

analogous

#DC9F74 #DCD374 #B1DC74

triadic

#DCD374 #74DCD3 #D374DC

tetradic

#DCD374 #74DC9F #747DDC #DC74B1

square

#DCD374 #74DC9F #747DDC #DC74B1

split-complementary

#DCD374 #74B1DC #9F74DC

monochromatic

#ABA02B #D0C443 #DCD374 #E8E2A5 #F5F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#DCD374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD374

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD374	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)

#E2CD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.118 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e09e',
    500: '#dcd374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd374;
$custom-light: #e9e09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8542,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD374

secondary

#4750AD

accent

#2DC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD374

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

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