#DCD444#DCD444

#DCD444 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.159 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD444
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.30, -13.62, 68.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.30, 69.88, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0442 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.159 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1042, 62.7219, 14.7243)
Luminance	0.6272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD444 #444CDC

analogous

#DC8844 #DCD444 #98DC44

triadic

#DCD444 #44DCD4 #D444DC

tetradic

#DCD444 #44DC88 #444CDC #DC4498

square

#DCD444 #44DC88 #444CDC #DC4498

split-complementary

#DCD444 #4498DC #8844DC

monochromatic

#8B861A #BFB724 #DCD444 #E6E078 #EFECAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DCD444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD444

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD444	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.159 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae080',
    500: '#dcd444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd444;
$custom-light: #eae080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85132,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD444

secondary

#333891

accent

#46EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD444

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

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