#DCD44C#DCD44C

#DCD44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.154 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD44C
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 76)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -13.19, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 66.85, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0422 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.154 106)
XYZ	xyz(54.3652, 62.8263, 16.0990)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD44C #4C54DC

analogous

#DC8C4C #DCD44C #9CDC4C

triadic

#DCD44C #4CDCD4 #D44CDC

tetradic

#DCD44C #4CDC8C #4C54DC #DC4C9C

square

#DCD44C #4CDC8C #4C54DC #DC4C9C

split-complementary

#DCD44C #4C9CDC #8C4CDC

monochromatic

#918B1C #C4BC26 #DCD44C #E6E07F #F0EDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DCD44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD44C

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD44C	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.154 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae085',
    500: '#dcd44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd44c;
$custom-light: #eae085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85194,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.62824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD44C

secondary

#363B96

accent

#47EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD44C

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

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