#DCD37D#DCD37D

#DCD37D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.108 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD37D
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 125)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -8.84, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 44.46, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0247 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.108 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5123, 63.2864, 28.6367)
Luminance	0.6329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD37D #7D86DC

analogous

#DCA47D #DCD37D #B5DC7D

triadic

#DCD37D #7DDCD3 #D37DDC

tetradic

#DCD37D #7DDCA4 #7D86DC #DC7DB5

square

#DCD37D #7DDCA4 #7D86DC #DC7DB5

split-complementary

#DCD37D #7DB5DC #A47DDC

monochromatic

#AFA32F #CFC34D #DCD37D #E9E3AD #F6F4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD37D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DCD37D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD37D

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD37D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD37D	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CE76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd37d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.108 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0a4',
    500: '#dcd37d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd37d;
$custom-light: #e8e0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd37d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.316,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85549,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD37D

secondary

#4C55B2

accent

#30C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD37D

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

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