#DCD42C#DCD42C

#DCD42C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.172 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD42C
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 80%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -14.59, 76.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 77.49, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.049 0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.172 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5156, 62.4865, 11.6245)
Luminance	0.6248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD42C #2C34DC

analogous

#DC7C2C #DCD42C #8CDC2C

triadic

#DCD42C #2CDCD4 #D42CDC

tetradic

#DCD42C #2CDC7C #2C34DC #DC2C8C

square

#DCD42C #2CDC7C #2C34DC #DC2C8C

split-complementary

#DCD42C #2C8CDC #7C2CDC

monochromatic

#797514 #AEA71D #DCD42C #E5DF60 #EDE995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DCD42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD42C

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD42C	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.172 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe075',
    500: '#dcd42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd42c;
$custom-light: #ebe075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 71.545,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84993,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD42C

secondary

#2B2F81

accent

#42EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF1

border

#D6D5CB

text

#171509

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD42C

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

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