#DCD44F#DCD44F

#DCD44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.151 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD44F
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -13.02, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 65.66, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.0414 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.151 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4719, 62.8690, 16.6612)
Luminance	0.6287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD44F #4F57DC

analogous

#DC8D4F #DCD44F #9DDC4F

triadic

#DCD44F #4FDCD4 #D44FDC

tetradic

#DCD44F #4FDC8D #4F57DC #DC4F9D

square

#DCD44F #4FDC8D #4F57DC #DC4F9D

split-complementary

#DCD44F #4F9DDC #8D4FDC

monochromatic

#938D1D #C6BD27 #DCD44F #E6E082 #F0EDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DCD44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD44F

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD44F	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)

#E5CD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.151 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae087',
    500: '#dcd44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd44f;
$custom-light: #eae087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85219,
    "c": 0.15134,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD44F

secondary

#373D98

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD44F

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

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