#DCD44D#DCD44D

#DCD44D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.153 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD44D
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.36, -13.13, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.36, 66.46, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0419 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.153 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4002, 62.8403, 16.2836)
Luminance	0.6284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD44D #4D55DC

analogous

#DC8C4D #DCD44D #9DDC4D

triadic

#DCD44D #4DDCD4 #D44DDC

tetradic

#DCD44D #4DDC8C #4D55DC #DC4D9D

square

#DCD44D #4DDC8C #4D55DC #DC4D9D

split-complementary

#DCD44D #4D9DDC #8C4DDC

monochromatic

#928B1D #C5BC27 #DCD44D #E6E080 #F0EDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DCD44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD44D

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD44D	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.153 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae085',
    500: '#dcd44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd44d;
$custom-light: #eae085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85202,
    "c": 0.1528,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD44D

secondary

#363C97

accent

#47EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD44D

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

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